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Wellness

Classes that keep seniors strong, steady, and connected.

Free, evidence-based classes rotate through community sites across the region: fall prevention, chronic condition management, and getting comfortable with a smartphone or a tablet.

What's included

How long each workshop runs Every one of them is free.
  1. Bingocize10 weeks
  2. A Matter of Balance8 weeks
  3. Walk With Ease6 weeks
  4. Chronic Disease and Chronic Pain Self-Management6 weeks
  5. Diabetes Self-Management6 weeks
  6. Silver Surfers technology coaching4 weeks

The Diabetes Prevention Program runs a full year and is too long for this scale. At-Home Exercise is an open video library, and CDSMP Leader Training is scheduled as trainers are needed, so neither has a fixed length.

  • Bingocize

    A 10-week program that combines exercise, health education, and bingo, twice a week for an hour, free for ages 60 and up.

  • A Matter of Balance

    A free 8-week fall-prevention workshop, developed at Boston University, that teaches seniors to view falls as controllable and reduce fall risks at home.

  • Walk With Ease

    A free 6-week program for seniors with arthritis, combining walking with education and strengthening exercises.

  • Chronic Disease and Chronic Pain Self-Management

    Free 6-week workshops that teach seniors living with ongoing health conditions how to manage symptoms, set goals, and work more effectively with their health care team.

  • Diabetes Self-Management and Prevention

    A free 6-week course for seniors managing diabetes, and a free yearlong Diabetes Prevention Program that Senior Services says can reduce the chance of developing type 2 diabetes by 71 percent for those who complete it.

  • CDSMP Leader Training

    Free training to become a certified leader who can co-lead Chronic Disease Self-Management workshops in the community.

  • At-Home Exercise

    A free library of low-impact exercise videos, including fall-prevention exercises and chair yoga.

  • Silver Surfers technology coaching

    Free, in-person or virtual coaching that helps seniors 60 and older get comfortable with Wi-Fi, email, video calls, and telehealth, twice a week for four weeks. A device can be provided for those who need one.

Where wellness classes reach

Senior Services' own program pages do not name localities for this service. Call 757-461-9481 and ask about your city or county.
  1. SouthamptonCall to check.
  2. FranklinCall to check.
  3. Isle of WightCall to check.
  4. SuffolkCall to check.
  5. ChesapeakeCall to check.
  6. PortsmouthCall to check.
  7. NorfolkCall to check.
  8. Virginia BeachCall to check.

In geographic order, from Southampton County inland out to the Virginia Beach oceanfront.

Next step

Call 757-963-9209 to ask about wellness class schedules near you, or 757-222-4526 for Silver Surfers technology coaching.

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