Be Well Senior Programs Community Partnership

About the Program

Category: Human Services (Best in Category)

Year: 2011

The increasing aging population compounded with increasing health care costs and emergency room overcrowding, Community and Senior Services made the strategic decision to support Los Angeles County’s elderly population by focusing on “high risk” seniors through encouraging healthy lifestyles. “Be Well” Senior Programs and Community Partnership is a fitness and exercise program that provides nutritional counseling, low impact exercise, and weight management specifically designed for moderate to “high risk” seniors with chronic medical or health conditions. Pre and post-fitness and medical testing is provided over a four-month period as a part of the participants eligibility requirements. Many of the “Be Well” Senior Program Community Partnership is a highly successful program. “Be Well” high-risk seniors demonstrated a lower use of emergency room services, hospital services, and skilled nursing services when compared with high-risk health markers of high risk seniors.