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With age, life becomes more challenging, and to fend off many of these challenges, the Kokomo YMCA offers a variety of programs designed to meet those challenges.

By combining a consistent exercise routine and a dedicated support system, senior citizens can combat many of the issues that place limits on the things they enjoy doing.

China Antonie, director of healthy living at the YMCA, described some of the many options that seniors have that can remedy some of the difficulties senior citizens contend with on a daily basis.

Its all about quality of life. As we age things become more difficult, so the Y provides ways for seniors to work through some of their current physical limitations and provide preventative measures for fending off any further limitations. It is a combination of mind, body, and soul. When an individual is approaching their later years of their lives and want to maintain a high quality of life, it is important to continue to move, always looking for things to do that gets them up and moving, combining the use of their brain as well as their muscles.

The social aspect of these programs is just as important as the physical workouts. Of course, we provide the means for physically working out, but we also provide such things like volunteer programs that get seniors involved in the community, meeting new people, and sharing their life experiences through our mentorship programs, said Antoine.

Through the YMCAs Active Older Adults program, staff provide a plethora of exercise regimens that help strengthen muscles, provide more flexibility, and create more range of movement due to the limits placed on them either by arthritis, recovering strength and mobility after surgery, or whatever the case may be. By participating in these activities, it not only strengthens them physically, but it also helps in dealing with the psychological issues that many deal with when they reach their senior years.

The YMCA also offers many different exercise routines conducted in its indoor swimming pool, which is referred to as Aqua Exercise. Such programs include reviving joints, which is designed to improve muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility. The Y also provides aqua yoga, which the feeling of weightlessness in the water reduces the stress of painful joints, stabilizing them, and allowing the release of muscle tightness and discomfort. Aqua Yoga is more accessible to those who have trouble attending yoga classes conducted on the floor with a mat.

Another popular Also suited for most seniors is the Making Waves class, which is designed to improve cardiovascular fitness, endurance, balance, and flexibility with music and low-risk choreography in shallow water.

A big part of healthy living involving seniors is the social aspect of getting involved in something that allows them to participate in activities along with their peers, and Antoine explained one particular program that does just that.

Every third Thursday of each month we partner with Golden Living Center-Sycamore Village for the Lunch and Learn Series. This program brings a group senior citizens together to discuss a hot topic of their choice for which the YMCA provides a qualified speaker to come in and speak to them in our banquet room about that issue.

For instance, topics can be recovering from a stroke, cancer recovery, arthritis, and dealing with Alzheimers disease. These issues are issues that may be affecting either them or people they know and providing them some insight in how to best remedy the situation, said Antoine.

The Kokomo YMCA staff encourages seniors to inquire about the many other programs offered to them that can help them live happier. healthier, more productive lives.

The Kokomo YMCA is located at 114 N. Union St. For additional information call 765- 457-4447, or visit them on the web at kokomoymca.org.

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YMCA offering programs to meet the needs of senior citizens - Kokomo Perspective

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