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12 <br /> 3. Three MSW students and one Johnston Intern are working at the Seymour Center this year. <br /> The three MSW students are all participating in a program designed to create practitioners in <br /> the field of aging. <br /> 4. The Mood, Memory, and Mobility Clinic, (3M clinic) a model project funded under the UNC <br /> Hospitals Futures Grant, is a joint Department on Aging and UNC program that provides a <br /> multi-disciplinary screening clinic that includes: medicine, pharmacy, occupational Therapy, <br /> physical therapy, and social work. This "3M Clinic", offered at the Seymour Center, provides a <br /> user-friendly approach in dealing with inter-related aging issues for older adults and cutting- <br /> edge training for future aging practitioners. <br /> <br /> Recommendation for 2008-09: Assist Carol Woods in sponsoring a Transitional Care <br /> Community meeting at the Central Orange Senior Center with the purpose of identifying critical <br /> transitional care issues and recruiting agencies and consumers willing to work on them. <br /> <br /> 2. Focus: Well-Fit Older Adults <br /> <br /> Goal E: Well-Fit Older Population - To Improve and/or Maintain the Health and Well- <br /> being of Orange County's Present and Future Well-Fit Older Adults. (Prevention focus) <br /> <br /> Obiective E-1: Provide preventive community-based services which assist older <br /> adults in maintaining good health and to age in place. <br /> <br /> Lead Organization (s): Department on Aging with the Senior Centers' Wellness <br /> Program Div. <br /> <br /> Activities. Accomplishments and Recommendations: <br /> 1. New Facility for Wellness: The new 15, 000 sq. ft. Central Orange Senior Center is in <br /> construction and scheduled to open in early January 2009. It will be co-located with the <br /> county-owned SportsPlex and a partnership will be developed to expand wellness services <br /> with the use of the pool, fitness studio, classes, ice rink for seniors. The announcement of <br /> special senior fees will be in the Dec-Feb issue of Senior Times. <br /> 2. Wellness Activities: A large number of services are provided in the community for citizens <br /> to help maintain health and contribute to aging in place. 62-health education <br /> programs/lectures were offered throughout the county, at different sites in 2007-08. Examples <br /> include: "Ask the ...Health Care Professionals", 7 new exercise classes, hearing workshops, <br /> healthy cooking demos, Feldenkrais workshops, Aging 101 Series. <br /> 3. Fitness Activities: In 2007-08, 2629 individuals participated in fitness and exercise classes in <br /> the past year (50% increase from 2006), provided by 17 contracted providers who provided an <br /> array of services that appealed to a wide variety of client interests and functional levels. <br /> Examples of new classes are:, Inspired Movement, Boomer Yoga, Pilates, NIA, Balance Class, <br /> Fit & Fun, Stretch &Tone, and Qi-Gong. <br /> 9 <br />