Edit Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center Senior Center Name: Address: City: County: State: -Select- Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Zip Code: Phone: Contact Name: Contact Email: Details: Age is just a number! Providence understands the needs of seniors or older adults and believes in helping people achieve their highest level of health and wellness at any age. That’s why Senior Wellness Centers are part of our core services. Whether you join Senior Connection at Providence or one of the Senior Wellness Centers in DC that we operate through the DC Office on Aging, we invite you to access all the programs and services and keep fit and healthy at any age! Congress Heights and Model Cities Senior Wellness Centers provide services to DC seniors through a partnership of the District of Columbia Office on Aging and Providence Hospital's Wellness Institute. The philosophy of the center is to promote wellness as an optimum state of health and well-being, achieved through disease prevention and health promotion. We believe that the key to wellness is identifying health risks and teaching the necessary lifestyle changes to reduce those risks. Therefore, the fitness and education programs are designed to assist members to improve and maintain their health. Website: Membership Information: The services offered at the centers promote healthy lifestyles to members to include mind, body and spirit. Membership is FREE to all District of Columbia residents who are 60 years of age and older. Services: Education: Health education lectures and seminars, Computer training, Spanish class, Educational learning groups, Inspirational hour, Sign language, Massage therapy, Social activities (gatherings & trips), Arts & crafts; Fitness: Tai Chi, Yoga, Walking classes, Aerobics, Line dancing, Chair exercise, Cardio interval exercise, Stretch & Relaxation, Weight training, Ballet, tap, and African dance groups, Health screenings; Nutrition: Nutritional assessments and intervention - individual and group, Nutrition education - general health and chronic disease, Cooking demonstrations - professional and member participation, Nutrition bingo, Diabetes education Age Requirements: Operation Time:
