Empowering older adults to make positive, healthy choices
As more Americans enter their senior years and life expectancies reach record highs, it is more important than ever for seniors to focus on their health and wellbeing. It’s critical they recognize the life choices they make and their behaviors can have a significant impact on their quality of life.
Recognizing the unique needs and perspective of seniors, the New Jersey Prevention Network developed the Wellness Initiative for Senior Education (WISE) Program, a six-week, evidenced-based substance abuse prevention and wellness program. In covering a range of topics from stress management and strategies for healthy living to medication management and prescription drug abuse, WISE uses an interactive approach to help seniors celebrate aging, make positive lifestyle choices, and feel more confident and in control of their lives.
The WISE Program, developed and widely used in New Jersey since 1996, has reached over 40,000 older adults. The program sessions take place every other week for a total six sessions. Each session is about two hours in length. Session topics include medication use and misuse, stress management, the aging process, depression, alcoholism and prescription drug abuse.
Ages 60+ are invited to six sessions on important health & lifestyle topics. Attend them all or choose one or two that interest you! Programs will be happening every other Thursday starting March 5th at 10am at the Eastern Avenue Branch. Program dates are: March 5, 19 and April 2, 16, 30, and May 14.
This program is recommended for adults. Registration is not required. It is also not required to attend all the sessions! Come to as many or as few as you like.
Center for Alcohol & Drug Services, Inc. (CADS)
The Center for Alcohol & Drug Services, Inc. (CADS) covers the entire continuum of care and serves all ages (0-100+) and is dedicated to the prevention, education, and treatment of addictions, substance abuse, and other disorders related to the harmful use of alcohol and drugs.
CADS offers different levels of care from adult in-patient and out-patient services, half-way house, adolescent services, prevention, and problem gambling services. CADS has more than four decades of experience in the field of substance abuse, quality facilities, and a well-organized management structure. CADS oversees funding from multiple private and public sources, and a host of collaborative initiatives in the Quad Cities area and the states of Iowa and Illinois.
CADS is part of the Iowa HHS Integrated Provider Network, with services funded by the Department of Health and Human Services in Iowa and the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Six Lesson Curriculum at a Glance
March 5 - Understanding the Changes Associated with Aging
March 19 – Aging Sensitivity
April 2 - Valuing Cultural and Generational Diversity
April 16 - Medication and the Older Adult
April 30 - Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Older Adults
May 14 - An Enhanced Quality of Life