September 21, 2017
The award-winning program goes into its ninth year of celebrating Active Aging Week with a new single-day option in addition to the classic week-long program.
Plano, TX. Aegis Therapies, a national leader in rehabilitation and wellness services is again celebrating the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA), Active Aging Week with WALK! with Aegis Therapies, a wellness event taking place at Aegis locations across the country including skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, independent living facilities, continuing care retirement communities and outpatient locations.
Active Aging Week and WALK! with Aegis Therapies officially takes place September 24 – 30, and showcases the capabilities of older adults as fully participating members of society. WALK! with Aegis Therapies supports this goal by providing programing to patients, residents and citizens of all ages and physical abilities to highlight that physical activity can be a part of any person’s life.
WALK! events scheduled this year range from full week events similar to the program used over the past several years that schedules daily physical activity and a second wellness activity each day focusing on another dimension of overall wellness including social, occupational, intellectual, spiritual, emotional and environmental to single day community events that incorporate a walk with pre and post activities and stations that highlight the dimensions of wellness.
“We designed this event as a way to highlight what we encourage our patients and customers to do year-round, to incorporate wellness into daily activities” said Martha Schram, president of Aegis Therapies. “We make the WALK! available to all our customers, encourage our local leadership to design events that best fit their communities and have opened the program up to the general public to utilize wherever and whenever they can. The idea of WALK! and Active Aging Week is to get people thinking about daily physical activity and overall wellness, and at Aegis, we believe hosting a yearly WALK! celebration is the perfect reminder of that commitment.”
This year, WALK! participants signed up for either a “single day” or “classic” program. All participants were able to access the wellness activities, team leader guides and event support materials such as posters, fliers, promotional templates, timelines and best practices at www.walkwithaegis.com. WALK! participants across the country will be sharing their events on social media using the hashtags #activeagingweek and #walkaegis.
About Aegis Therapies
As one of the nation’s leading providers of rehabilitation and wellness services, professionals at Aegis Therapies apply proven techniques to help patients move through life to increase their freedom and independence. In addition to long-term and short-term therapy services in over 1,400 locations in 41 states, Aegis Therapies is proud to offer a new and convenient way to access therapy and wellness through the Aegis Total Therapy and Wellness Centers. With leading-edge technology and innovation, services at these locations can help individuals reach their healthcare goals in convenient storefront locations.
Aegis leverages the power of collaboration to help patients transition seamlessly throughout the care continuum. No matter the setting, Aegis specializes in providing services that adapt to each patient’s individualized needs. Therapists use leading-edge technology and innovation to help restore strength and confidence after illness, injury or surgery. More at AegisTherapies.com.
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