Life January special events and community happenings Fit & Strong classes When: Tuesdays and Thursdays Where: Gelsinger's Community Place registration required help you maintain a sefe and balanced physical ac tivity program. The program is led by Diane Hoover and meets twice a week for 16 weeks. No When: Mondays, Jen 14 &20 Events Where: Geibinger South Wilkes-Barre 2266 Wilkes-Borre Township 8 Church St, Medicol Arts Building, Morketplace, Wilkes-Borre Terrazzo Room, Wilkes-Barre Info: This evidence-based lal prevention course is offered in twoprogramfor older adults. Start with 2-hour programs with follow-up Atendees will practice exercises to improve balance and mobility, learn raining exercises using ankle-cuf DETECT study Info: Fit and Stron based eserche and health behavior e free, evidence When: Thursdays 4:30-:30 p.m Gelsinger and Johns Hopkins University are teasing up to try to find out if cancer can be detected early Where: Golsinger South Wilkes Berre 8 Church St., Medical Arts Building, 1 hour of stretching, low-impact through o simple blood test. In the first A study of its kind, 10,000 women will help us deteremine i be used as a cancer screening mothod in women without known cancer obics, fitness-walking and strength Terazzo Room, Wikes Bame Info: Instructor is Diane Hoover, No if a blood test can simple lifestyle changes weights and resistance bands, ways to prevent falls. To registercall ollowed by 30 minutes of group This research study is open to female 570-308-5356, Instructor is Gelsinger patients, ages 65 to 75, with discussilon and problem solving to equired by visiting goisingerong detect, For more information, email roups Geisinger at Home takes care out of the hospital and into the home Need a support group? For a complete Esting of GWW support groups, visit geisinger.orglevents and select "Support groups For Geisinger has introduced an innovative model of care for mansging its most medically complex patients by taking care out of a traditional clinical setting and moving it into the home. Geisinger at Home offers a teans of providers, nurses and other support statt to bring healthcare services to the homes of patients who require frequent 126 Market Way, Mt.Pocono When: Wed., Jan. Where 126 Airpoet Road, t Beltway Commons,nut Hazle any of these groups, visit us orl ne ot geisingerorglevents or cal the mber lissed with Silver Circle exclusive events Residents oge 55+ con porticlpate Patients in the Gelsinger at Home peogrsm are often dependent or frall and may have unmet needs that cannot be provided in treditional office-based settings. The team's regular visits to petients homes address such health needs before issues arise that require n emesgency room visit or hospita ization. The first 800 patients enrolled in the program have seen a neary 50 percent reduction in hospital admissions, ond a 40 percent drop in emergency room visits Our team works with the patlents, their family and primary caregivers to manage the patlent's medical condition, social needs Where: Cedar Point Apartments 509 Cedar Ave., Scranton When: Mon, Jan. 28 and weliness initiatives offered through Gelsinger Wyoming Velley. To join the GWV Silver Clecle progra free today, call 570-808 3259 and much more in the honme, said Sanjay Doddamani, MD, chief 0 Tiieble Diive, Tunkhannock medical officer for Geisinger at Home. "In this way, issues are addressed upstream, potentially avolding inappropriato visits to the Emergency Department or hospitalization It's a win-win for patients fomies, hospitals and payers, mostly because we are improving access and care coordination Where: Geisinger South Wlkes Barre 25 Church St. Wilkes-Barre Yoga classes When: Tuesdoys 430-5:30 pm Stop the bleed When: Wednesday, Jan 9-12:30- Where: Gelsinger South Wilkes-Bane 8 Church St. Medicol Arts Building Terrozzo Room, Wilkes-Barre The program is available throughout Gelsinger's service area For more information on the program, call 833-552-1852 oe visit geisinger.orgiAtHome. Where: Geisinger Wyoming Voley Ifo lestructor is Donns Kvashay Bring your own yoge mat. No KLC Conference Room 1, Wakes Barre registration required. $2 fee. Valet parking available) Info: Stop the Bleed is a nationa effort thet encourages bystanders Geisinger S70-808-5356. Instructor Is Peggy Austin, trauma prevention/outreach Hogister or leatn more about ary event gesinger.oeglevents 800-275-6401 ond say CoreLink Ogeisingerhealth