UPCOMING EVENT
Exciting, Innovate Program by Age and Opportunity Winnipeg

Age & Opportunity presents a new and exciting program entitled Senior Centre Without Walls. This program offers a unique opportunity for socially isolated older adults (55+) in Winnipeg to join fun and interactive programs from the comfort of their own homes by telephone.

Each program is a half hour in length and is offered once a week for 4-8 consecutive weeks. Participants are encouraged to join one or join them all…It’s FREE!!

How does it work?

1. Interested participants contact Age & Opportunity Intake line at 956-6440 to register.

Registered participants receive a package by mail welcoming them to the session(s) and offering additional materials (i.e. informative articles, pictures, brochures, etc) including instructions about how to join the sessions by phone .

2. Participants contact Senior Centre Without Walls by phone at 1-800-669-6180 (toll free) and enter the participant code. Participants state their name and are invited into the group session.

3. A program facilitator is waiting on the phone line a few minutes before the session is set to begin and greets participants by name. As participants join the session, they are also introduced to the group by name.

4. The facilitator introduces the topic of the session and facilitates conversation between participants. Facilitator notifies participants when there is 5 minutes left in the session and wraps up discussions.


Topics include:
The Travel Talk program: is an opportunity to discuss different travel experiences.

Armchair Exercised: is a program lead by Amanda Macrae that provides a 30 minute exercise program that participants can do safely from the comfort of their chair at home.

Coping with Anxiety: is a group where the facilitator will discuss different types of anxiety and some options for coping with anxiety with participants.

Safe Sex for Older Adults: is a group that gives participants the chance to discuss safe sex practices and how to access protection such as condoms. Participants will receive a condom to practice with in their own home along with some very important information related to the importance of practicing safe sex at every age.

Introduction to Italian/Spanish: are two separate classes, each offered for four weeks, where a participant can learn and practice using these languages for common phrases like "My name is", "where is the bathroom" for example.

The gratitude group: is offered daily and is an opportunity for participants to call in and share what they are thankful for. This could be gifts they received in the past or possibly a kindness shown to them that day, for example.

The topics for the September/October sessions should be finalized, likely around the middle of August.
Feel free to contact Katherine Nelson (phone: 956-6440 or email: social@ageopportunity.mb.ca) if you have any questions about this program





To register, or for more information, contact Intake at 956-6440.