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From YouTube: Creekside Coffee Talk: Aging In Place
Description
Join Bloomington Public Health & Live Your LifeTM
as they share helpful tips on how you can stay in your home longer as you age.
Topics will include:
1.) Home Safety
2.) Fall Prevention
3.) Strengthening Mobility
B
C
A
Richfield
great
so
I
assume
all
of
you
are
here
today
because
you're
interested
in
staying
at
home
is
that
correct?
Okay,
so
one
of
the
things
that
we
talk
about
a
lot
of
people
like
to
stay
at
home,
but
they
have
sort
of
pushback
from
family,
sometimes
to
move,
because
staying
at
home
can
present
a
challenges
as
we
age.
A
So
one
of
the
things
we're
here
to
do
is
to
talk
about
the
things
that
you
can
do
to
stay
at
home
the
longest
and
have
quality
of
life
and
enjoy
your
stay
at
home
and
be
safe.
Do
any
of
you
know,
people
that
have
had
to
move
I
mean
when
you
think
about
staying
at
home.
What
is
the
biggest
thing
you
think
about?
That
would
be
an
obstacle
stairs
exits.
D
A
Probably
everybody
knows
somebody
that's
fallen,
even
if
they
haven't
had
a
fall
kind
of
one
of
the
things
we've
been
learning
as
we
go
around
work
with
people,
the
biggest
the
biggest
reason
people
have
to
move
or
usually
end
up
moving
is
a
fall,
so
we're
here
we're
here
to
help
you
with
all
aspects
of
staying
at
home,
and
did
you
guys
know
that
Bloomington
has
a
public
health?
Did
that
news
to
anybody?
A
Everybody
knew
okay,
so
we're
available
to
you
too,
and
we
have
all
kinds
of
resources
and
our
goal
is
to
to
support
you
in
being
able
to
stay
home
and
stay
safe.
So
we're
going
to
talk
generally
about
Falls
and
I
answer
other
questions
too,
and
we
can
talk
about
all
kinds
of
home
safety
that
we
can
do.
A
If
you
really
need
it
too,
if
you
have
a
strong
need,
we've
come
into
homes
and
help
people
do
things
like
you
know,
have
the
kind
of
coffee
pot
that
automatically
shuts
off
those
are
the
burned
on
the
house
of
someone
having
memory
issues.
So
we
have
all
kinds
of
ideas
to
stay
at
home,
but
today
we're
going
to
focus
on
falling
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
learned
over
time
and
that
I've
learned
I
also
started
working
with
the
fire
department,
because
they're
dealing
with
it
too
so
we're
kind
of
all
learning.
A
Now
that
doesn't
seem
right,
but
that's
the
statistics,
so
our
goal
is
to
hopefully
do
something
to
help
that
we
would
like
to
get
that
number
down.
We
would
like
to
prevent
Falls.
So
one
of
the
things
we're
doing
for
the
city
of
Bloomington
and
although
I
you
know
at
the
end
is
we
can
come
into
your
home
and
sort
of
help
with
that,
but
just
in
general
does
anybody
know
this
is
just
kind
of
if
you
would
take
a
guess.
A
A
Thirty
four
billion
dollars
yeah.
So
it
is
true
nationally.
So
it's
a
drain
financially
on
not
just
the
system,
but
for
you,
if
you've
ever
fallen
or
know
anybody
that's
fallen
it.
It
takes
a
toll
financially
in
a
lot
of
ways,
one
of
the
things
that
happens
to
when
people
fall
or
come
close
to
falling.
They
don't
always
tell
their
children.
B
A
A
No
people
start
to
become
more
an
active
when
you
become
more
inactive,
you
increase
your
risk
of
Falls,
so
that
affects
you
physically.
But
what
also
happens
is
you're
not
telling
your
kids
that
I
had
someone
who
kept
turning
down
every
invitation
for
the
grand
children's
choir
concert
or
the
band
concert.
So
the
Matt
causes
tension
in
the
family
that
the
reason
she
was
turning
it
down
with
fear
of
falling.
A
So
it's
not
just
physically,
but
it
can
just
completely
alter
your
life
and
then
that
puts
you
at
greater
risk
of
falling.
Do
you
know
where
both
Falls
happen
in
your
house
in
your
own
home,
bathroom,
yep,
bathroom
and
kitchen,
so
your
best
bet
at
Asian
in
place
is
to
have
your
environment,
be
as
safe
as
possible.
A
One
of
the
things
we
were
able
to
do-
and
we
can
do
this
in
Bloomington,
Richfield
or
Edina.
We
were
able
to
partner
with
our
health
promotion
department
and
we
are
able
to
do
a
whole
screen
in
your
home
and
there's
no
charge.
We
come
out
to
your
home.
You'll
have
a
nurse
come
from
Bloomington
Public
Health
and
we
will
assess
everything
that
we
have
learned
for.
The
safety
of
your
home
will
review
your
medications
with
you.
We
can
talk
about
that.
Any
symptoms,
you're
having
and
there's
no
charge
to
you.
A
We
have
a
grant
for
that,
so
that's
paid
for
by
the
city
and
if
you
schedule
a
fall
screen
with
me,
we
have
this.
I
have
eight
of
these
and
I
got
this
from
the
National
Fire
Prevention
Association.
Does
anyone
know
what
this
is
when
you
check
your
smoke
detector
at
home?
Do
you
climb
up
on
something?
Is
it
safe
to
climb
up
on
something
and
do
this
and
yeah
I
lose
my
balance,
checking
my
smoke
detector
at
home.
So
what
you
can
do
with
this?
A
Is
it's
check
fit
for
you
there's
a
little
finger
and
you
can
push
the
button
so
that
you
can
check
your
smoke
detector.
So
if
you
schedule
that
today,
you
get
one
of
these,
along
with
the
Bloomington
public
health
nurse
coming
to
your
home
and
doing
that
screen.
So
what
we're
really
doing
is
we're
assessing
your
environment
and
we're
assessing
the
different
things
that
you're
doing
in
your
life
kind
of
going
through
your
daily
routine
with
you.
A
A
I
talk
about
modifying
lifestyle,
I
talk
about
those
things,
but
the
other
piece
of
that
that
I
can't
offer
you
is
talking
about
your
body
and
the
different
exercises
and
things
that
you
can
do
to
increase
your
endurance
and
all
of
those
things
that
will
help
prevent
the
fall.
So
that's
why
I've
asked
Jessica
to
come
today.
A
So
in
just
a
minute,
she's
come
up,
but
to
let
you
know
what's
available
to
you
at
no
charge
I
have
when
we're
done
the
different
things
that
Bloomington
offers
when
Bloomington
does
have
a
public
health,
and
you
can
call
us.
We
are
not
care
providers,
but
we
are
service
connectors.
So
our
job
is
to
listen
to
what's
going
on
with
you
and
then
connect
you
with
the
service
that
you
need.
A
We
also
have
here
at
Creekside,
and
if
this
is
for
anybody
can
come
to
this.
We
have
a
nurse
from
public
health
here
for
three
hours,
every
Thursday
from
1:00
to
4:00,
and
you
can
come
and
ask
that
nurse
any
question.
You
can't
promise
you
they'll
know
right
away,
but
even
if
they
don't,
they
can
call
doctors.
They
can
look
things
up
so
that
nurse
is
available
to
a
no
charge.
One
before
every
single
Thursday
you've
got
a
medication.
Question
you've
got
a
concern.
A
Maybe
you
need
to
see
a
specialist
and
you're
nervous
about
calling
we
could
close
the
door
on
call
together
just
about
anything,
so
you
are
free
to
utilize
that
service,
as
well
as
the
fall
screen
at
no
charge.
So
those
are
the
things
that
are
available
to
you
in
bloomington,
Richfield
or
Edina
at
no
cost.
E
Good
morning,
thanks
Ann
for
the
introduction,
and
thanks
for
the
invitation
to
be
here
like
Ann,
said,
my
name
is
Jessica
Bergland
and
I
am
a
physical
therapist
here
in
the
Twin
Cities
metro
area,
I
have
the
privilege
of
working
at
a
company
called
live
your
life
and
what's
unique
about
us,
is
that
we
don't
have
a
bricks-and-mortar
clinic.
We
operate
out
of
our
vehicles,
so
my
car
is
my
office,
which
means
I'm
kind
of
like
an
and
that
I
get
to
serve
many
different
communities.
E
Many
different
people
in
many
different
areas
of
the
Twin
Cities,
so
I
was
here
at
Creekside
about
a
year
ago
teaching
a
matter
of
balance
class
which
was
really
great.
Was
there
anyone
in
the
matter
of
once
class
about
a
year
ago?
I,
don't
think
I
see
anyone
anyways
it's
great
to
be
back
at
Creekside.
You
guys
sure
have
a
vibrant
community
going
here.
E
What
I
want
to
talk
about
today
is
kind
of
a
lot
of
things,
we're
going
to
cover
some
things
that
you
can
do
to
help
improve
your
balance
so
that
you
can
stay
safe,
stay
engaged
and
what
you
want
to
stay
engaged
in
and
also
stay
in
your
home,
and
then
we're
also
going
to
talk
about
what
you
need
from
maybe
a
physical
therapist
in
your
community,
so
that
we
can
be
serving
you
in
the
best
way
possible.
You
know
there.
E
The
public
health,
rn's
and
nurses
have
been
around
for
quite
a
while,
but
we
also
want
to
be
in
the
community
with
you
as
physical
therapists,
so
that
you
can
stay
physically,
active,
physically,
healthy
and
again
so
that
you
can
stay
in
your
home
and
continue
to
do
the
things
that
you
want
to
do
in
your
life.
Okay,
raise
your
hand
with
me
if
you've
ever
had
physical
therapy
before
few
people.
E
E
What
is
somatosensory
so
what
I
would
like
to
do
is
go
through
all
these
systems
and
components
of
balance
if
you
folks
this
morning,
so
that
you
can
be
aware
of
and
learn
what
you
need
to
do
to
help
keep
your
balance
and
ultimately
prevent
Falls
and
ultimately
stay
in
your
home.
So,
let's
start
at
the
top
cognition.
E
What
do
we
know
about
our
cognition?
What
comes
to
mind
when
that
word,
pops
up
understanding
good?
What
was
that
Alzheimer's,
absolutely
yep?
How
about
decision,
making
or
reactions?
Quick
thinking,
your
cognition
is
definitely
your
ability
to
understand
and
think
and
make
decisions.
It's
also
your
ability
to
be
aware.
You
want
to
make
sure
that
you're,
aware
of
your
environment
and
aware
of
the
things
that
you
have
the
ability
to
change
so
that
you
can
keep
your
environment
safe.
Did
you
have
a
question,
sir?
E
To
me
in
terms
of
balance,
is
your
awareness
making
sure
that
you're
aware
of
how
safe
you
can
make
your
environment
so
that
you're,
making
this
a
choice
for
your
physical
being?
How
about
light
switches,
life
switches?
Are
another
really
good
one?
When
you
walk
in
the
room,
can
you
hit
the
light
switch
right
away,
or
do
you
have
to
walk
around
six
things
to
go,
get
the
light
switch
changing
the
light
switch
can
be
sometimes
really
helpful
or
just
choosing
to
turn
the
light
on.
E
65
percent
of
Falls
happen
at
night
on
the
way
to
the
bathroom
because
the
lights
might
not
be
on
and
you
might
be,
rushing
okay.
So
that's
cognition
in
terms
of
balance.
Let's
move
to
the
right.
This
is
a
fun
word
vestibular
and
if
you
all
have
questions
at
any
time,
please
stop
me
vestibular.
Who
knows
what
the
vestibular
system
is.
Yet
your
ear
is
good
anything
else
that
comes
to
mind
when
we
say
the
word
vestibular
who's
heard
of
vertigo
yeah
who's
had
vertigo.
That's
the
least
fun
thing.
E
You're
Constabulary
system
correct,
it
is
in
your
ears
and
it's
a
major
part
of
your
balance.
Your
vestibular
system
tells
you
where
your
head
is
in
space
kind
of
like
when
you
go
on
a
roller
for
a
cold
journey,
go
really
fast
and
your
head
feels
like
if
that
is
back
here,
but
your
body
is
moving
for
at
80
miles
an
hour,
that's
your
vestibular
system,
or
that
you
can
tell
that
you're
moving
in
a
car
or
stopped
in
a
car.
That's
your
vestibular
system!
E
It
also
tells
you,
if
you're,
laying
down
versus
sitting
up
or
if
you're,
rolling,
right
and
left
just
like
a
lot
of
things.
As
we
age,
the
vestibular
system
gets
a
little
less
reactive.
So
maybe,
if
you
walk
and
turn
your
head,
that's
a
little
dizzying
or
maybe
even
walking
through
the
grocery
store.
Looking
at
all
the
millions
of
cereal
boxes
with
80
different
colors
on
them
is
a
little
dizzying.
E
That's
all
your
vestibular
system,
but
the
good
news
is
that
you
can
train
that
there's
exercises
you
can
do
to
train
your
vestibular
system
to
come
back
a
little
bit
and
react
a
little
bit
quicker
and
there's
good
news
in
all
of
this
today.
Folks,
there's
good
news
and
all
there's
a
lot
of
things.
We
can
do
to
help
ourselves
stay
healthy.
So
that's
the
vestibular
system,
major
component
of
balance.
Next,
let's
move
on
to
that
big
word.
Somatosensory.
E
If
you're
willing
to
share
has
anyone
had
experience
with
neuropathy
yeah
neuropathy
is
a
tough
one,
there's
numbness
and
tingling,
or
sometimes
you
can't
feel
your
feet
are
all.
Sometimes
you
can't
feel
your
fingers
at
all
and
neuropathy
is
when
your
nerves
again
aren't
as
reactive,
aren't
listening
as
much
to
the
input
that
you're
giving
them
in
your
feet
or
in
your
hands,
and
one
part
of
that.
E
One
sense
that
you
can
often
lose
is
your
sense
of
proprioception,
which
is
where
your
joints
and
body
is
in
space
kind
of
like
the
vestibular
system
for
your
head,
but
your
somatic
sensation
or
your
somatosensory
is
the
ability
to
sense
where
your
feet
are
that
if
you
close
your
eyes,
you
know
that
your
feet
are
on
the
ground
or,
if
I
close
my
eyes,
I
can
tell
that
my
hand
is
way
out
away
from
my
body.
Okay,
that's
your
sense
of
your
joints,
also
known
as
your
somatosensory.
E
E
E
E
E
You've
got
all
these
little
County
roads,
side,
roads
that
run
up
and
talk
to
every
single
one
of
your
muscles
in
every
single
part
of
your
body,
so
that
you
can
do
everything
from
open
and
close
your
eyes
to
pushing
up
and
down
on
your
toes
and
heels
to
walking
in
a
nice
straight
line
like
you're
walking
a
tightrope.
All
of
that
involves
your
command
center
in
your
brain,
the
main
highway
out
of
town
and
the
little
county
rose
out
to
those
muscles.
E
B
E
Garden,
physical
activity
yep
absolutely,
hopefully,
when
the
rain
goes
away,
we
can
all
get
outside
and
get
back
in
the
garden,
Tai
Chi,
wonderful.
Those
are
all
great
things,
you're,
absolutely
right
in
saying
that
the
bones
and
the
muscles
do
get
weaker
as
we
age,
it's
a
natural
part
of
Aging
and
unfortunately,
some
people
think
that
there's
not
a
whole
lot.
You
can
do
about
it,
but
fortunately
there
is,
and
all
of
those
answers
are
right-
exercise
walking,
Tai,
Chi
physical
activity
in
the
garden.
Yoga
are
all
things
that
you
can
do.
E
First,
one
we'll
talk
about
is
endurance,
exercise,
that's
for
the
cardiovascular
system.
Endurance
exercise
is
going
to
be
the
walking,
or
maybe
you
like
to
ride
a
bike,
whether
it's
a
road
bike
or
a
recumbent
bike,
or
maybe
you
like
to
just
do
some
marching
in
place
great
exercise,
don't
need
any
equipment
for
it.
You
can
do
a
couple
of
intervals.
Go
for
a
minute
rest
for
a
minute.
Go
for
a
minute
rest
for
a
minute.
Your
endurance
exercises
are
things
that
get
the
heart
rate
going
heart
and
lung
pumpin.
E
E
E
Appropriately
with
resistance,
whether
it's
resistance
bands
ankle
weights,
hand
weights,
but
you
need
to
impose
some
stress
on
your
muscles
in
order
for
them
to
get
stronger,
does
anyone
use
weights?
Yes,
good,
that's
great
and
using
those
weights,
you
stressed
your
body
a
little
bit
and
then
it
responds.
The
body
is
an
amazing
thing.
It
responds
and
it
builds
more
muscles.
You
know
what
else
it
builds
I
love.
E
So
an
appropriate
load
and
appropriate
stress
on
your
muscles
can
help
you
get
stronger
and
it's
absolutely
necessary
in
order
for
you
to
maintain
your
balance
and
your
strength,
but
also
to
combat
those
natural
forms
of
aging,
like
the
fact
that
our
muscles
tend
to
leave
us
and
our
bones
get
a
little
weaker
one
of
my
most
favorite
strength.
Training
exercises
is
just
going
from
sitting
to
standing
the
chair.
Maybe
you
need
to
use
your
hands
right
now.
E
There's
all
kinds
of
research
to
say
that
even
in
our
90s
women
and
men,
aged
92,
94
should
be
able
to
stand
up
and
sit
down
from
a
chair
at
least
four
times
without
their
arms
in
30
seconds,
even
in
our
90s.
Okay,
that's
what
the
similar
system
so
think
about
that.
If
you're
not
able
to
do
that
today
and
maybe
you're
not
quite
at
the
at
the
age
of
90,
that's
definitely
an
area
that
you'll
have
room
for
improvement
on.
C
E
About
a
treadmill
good
question:
do
you
use
a
treadmill?
You've
got
one
honesty
is
always
the
best
policy.
You've
got
one.
You
know
a
treadmill
is
much
more
I.
Don't
need
to
tell
you
this,
but
it's
a
treadmill
is
much
more
challenging
than
walking
on
the
regular
ground.
Isn't
it
it's
got
a
lot
of
moving
components.
E
It
goes
up,
it
goes
down,
it
goes
fast,
it
goes
slow,
and
so,
if
you're
feeling
like
you,
can
walk
as
fast
as
possible
on
any
surface
that
doesn't
move
like
the
grass
or
sand
or
a
sidewalk
or
a
flat
surface,
then
people
are
typically
ready
to
use
a
treadmill.
If
you
don't
feel
like
you're
100%,
confident
on
all
those
other
surfaces,
I
would
recommend
you
exercise
on
just
regular
land.
First
I
I,
don't
I,
don't
use
a
treadmill
much
with
people
to
me.
E
E
E
Your
legs
there's
a
new
step.
Maybe
so
the
question
was
how
about
those
pieces
of
equipment
at
the
YMCA
you
kind
of
sit
in
a
chair,
and
you
move
the
arms
and
legs
lean
back
a
little
bit.
Yeah
juice,
your
back,
oh
yeah!
Those
are
great.
Just
one
type
of
those
is
a
brand
is
called
a
new
step
and
those
are
great
pieces
of
equipment.
If
you
need
to
sit
when
you
exercise,
it
is
definitely
supportive
for
your
back.
E
One
gentleman
that
I
think
of
as
a
gentleman
that
I've
had
the
privilege
of
working
with
for
almost
a
year
now,
and
he
had
a
stroke
and
one
side
of
his
right
arm
and
his
right
leg.
He
can't
control
so
for
his
exercise.
We
helped
him
get
on
the
new
step
and
we
strap
the
right
arm
on
and
we
strap
the
right
leg
on
so
that
it
moves
with
him,
but
he's
controlling
it
with
the
left
side
of
his
body.
E
So
the
new
step
can
be
very
helpful
for
people
if
you're
capable
of
walking
walking
is
the
best
exercise
for
you.
It's
upright.
You
engage
your
posture
muscles.
You
engage
your
balance,
you
engage
your
endurance
and
when
you're
moving
quick
enough,
you
engage
your
vestibular
system.
So
there's
definitely
not
a
bad
piece
of
equipment.
If
you
like
to
use
them,
I
would
just
say
make
it
challenging
enough
for
yourself.
E
E
E
One
balanced
exercise
that
a
lot
of
people
like
to
use
is
maybe
standing
with
their
feet
in
a
line
or
standing
with
staggered
stance,
and
both
can
be
very
challenging,
of
course,
the
most
challenging
standing
balance
activity
you
can
do
with
standing
on
one
leg:
okay,
there's
plenty
of
research
to
say
that
at
any
age,
any
age
you
should
be
able
to
stand
on
one
leg
for
at
least
5
seconds
and
again
plenty
of
research
to
support
that.
If
you
can't
do
that,
you
are
at
risk
of
not
only
falling
but
falling
and
injuring
yourself.
E
Okay,
now
a
balance
training
is
tricky.
It's
tough
and
I
get
hesitant
to
prescribe
exercises
to
people,
especially
when
I
don't
know
all
of
you,
okay,
so
here's
what
I'll
tell
you
what
balance
training
if
you're
really
concerned
about
it
or
if
you
have
had
a
fall
in
the
last
six
months,
you
likely
would
benefit
from
seeing
a
physical
therapist.
E
E
B
E
E
Doctors
and
your
insurance
and
the
medical
system
was
much
rather
have
you
asked
for
an
order
for
physical
therapy,
then
have
you
wind
up
in
the
ER,
because
you
tripped
and
fell
and
hit
your
head
or
tripped
and
fell
and
hurt
your
wrist
or
tripped
and
fell
and
hurt
your
hips
okay?
We
would
much
rather
have
that,
for
you
get
an
order
to
physical
therapy.
Come
see,
one
of
us
for
a
while,
so
that
you
can
save
safe
and
independent
and
healthy.
B
E
In
your
home,
okay,
so
balance
exercises
if
you're
one
of
those
people
that
feel
like
you
can
get
started
with
it
on
your
own
I
recommend
you
hold
onto
the
kitchen
sink
to
start
I
haven't,
had
anyone
pull
a
kitchen
sink
out
of
the
wall,
yet
call
me-
and
let
me
know
if
you
do
cause
then
I'll
quit
recommending
that.
But
if
you're
going
to
start
a
balance,
exercise
hold
on
to
the
kitchen
sink,
and
maybe
you
want
to
start
with
just
staggered
stance.
E
Maybe
you
want
to
start
with
your
feet
in
a
line.
Maybe
you
feel
comfortable
to
stand
on
one
leg
and
hold
on
when
you
do
that,
you're
going
to
feel
your
ankles
wobble,
the
weebles
always
wobble,
but
they
don't
fall
down
when
you're,
when
your
ankles
wobble,
that
means
you're
training,
your
balance
doesn't
mean
you're
failing
at
it
means
that
you're
talking
to
those
highways,
your
brain,
your
control.
C
E
E
Good,
so
that
was
three
kinds
of
exercise
we
hit
on
endurance.
We
hit
on
strength
we
hit
on
balance.
Next,
let's
talk
about
flexibility,
raise
your
hand
if
you're
flexible
nice
good
couple
couple.
Okay,
flexibility
is
definitely
very
important.
As
we
age
our
muscles
not
only
lose
strength,
but
they
tend
to
lose
elasticity
and
they
tend
to
lose
hydration,
so
they
get
a
little
bit
dry
and
a
little
bit
tight.
E
So
drinking
water
is
important
as
well
as
stretching
and
I
would
say
the
two
muscle
groups,
while
there's
lots
of
the
two
muscle
groups,
that
I
think
are
the
most
important
for
stretching.
Is
your
calf
muscle
right
back
here?
Okay,
if
that
muscle
gets
tight
and
you
can't
flex
your
ankle
up
and
down
high
enough
you're
going
to
really
impact
your
balance,
you
need
to
have
at
least
ten
degrees
of
that
toe
flexion,
bringing
the
toe
up
in
order
to
clear
a
door
threshold.
E
E
E
Flexibility
is
something
that
you
want
to
do
daily
or
every
other
day,
so
that
you
can
maintain
that
range
and
then,
when
those
toes
can
lift
up
really
high,
you
can
clear
all
kinds
of
thresholds
or
maybe
even
walk
up
from
hills
or
in
the
grass
a
little
bit
easier.
Okay.
So
that's
the
first
muscle
group.
The
second
one
is
the
hip
flexors.
E
E
One
we
tend
to
sit
a
lot
if
you're
sitting
the
majority
of
your
day,
your
hip
flexors
are
going
to
get
tight
when
you're
in
the
sitting
position
they're
in
a
shortened
position
and
when
they're
like
that
for
a
really
long
time-
and
they
just
stay
like
that,
and
then
they
get
tighter
and
tighter
and
tighter.
And
that's
when
you
end
up
a
little
bit
more
like
this.
E
B
E
E
So
that's
one
way
you
can
stretch
your
hip
flexors,
just
laying
on
your
tummy
another
way,
while
you're
standing
at
the
kitchen
sink
doing
your
balance
and
your
stretching
and
again
these
are
kind
of
tough
is
pulling
the
leg
back
like
that.
I've
got
heels
on
my
balance.
Isn't
too
good
right
now
you
can
pull
the
leg
back
like
that.
That's
the
top
on
there
is
a
sitting
version.
Can
I
steal
the
chair.
E
That's
a
pretty
common
one
and
exercise
classes
tend
so
that
you're
stretching
the
hips.
This
is
one
where,
if
you
have
back
problems,
if
you
have
balance
sitting
balance
problems
or
if
you've
got
hip
problems,
probably
going
to
be
tough
for
you,
I'd
recommend
again.
If
you've
got
those
issues
going
on
call
the
doctor
ask
for
a
referral.
The
physical
therapy.
Okay-
probably
don't
need
a
whole
lot
of
session,
but
again
we'd
rather
be
here
for
you
to
help.
You
stay
healthy,
stay
on
your
feet.
E
E
Endurance,
good
strength,
good
balance
and
flexibility?
Yes
got
them
all
right,
so
that
was
really
touching
on
the
musculoskeletal
system.
We
spent
quite
a
bit
of
time
on
that.
Let's
finish
up
with
the
vision,
how
many
of
you
feel
comfortable
standing
with
your
eyes
closed
you
or
feel
comfortable
when
the
lights
are
dim
or
low,
walking
around
yeah,
not
too
bad
or
feel
comfortable
standing
and
pulling
your
shirt
off
over
your
head?
Like
it's
a
little
tougher
good,
still
whew,
so
your
vision
is
one
of
your
main
components
of
your
balance.
E
This
is
the
only
one
where
I
can't
I'm
sorry,
but
I
can't
help
you
with
your
band
with
your
vision,
but
I
can
recommend
you
stay
up-to-date
on
your
eye.
Exams
want
a
year,
keep
those
glasses,
up-to-date
and
then
also
just
let
what
your
optometrist
know:
I've
seen
a
lot
of
people
who
really
have
trouble
with
the
bifocals
or
the
trifocals,
because
when
you're
walking
and
you're
looking
down
to
step
over
that
step,
all
of
a
sudden,
it
gets
magnified
because
you're
looking
through
the
reading
part.
E
So
if
that's
not
working
for
you
ask
for
another
option,
of
course
that
involves
probably
multiple
pairs,
but
it
has
been
and
can
be
the
difference
between
stepping
over
that
step
or
missing
that
step,
if
you're
having
trouble
with
that.
But
you
don't
want
to
change
your
glasses
and
you
have
a
lot
of
stairs
in
your
house.
One
kind
of
quick
fix
would
be
to
go
out
and
get
some
yellow.
E
C
E
Would
the
white
go
for
that?
Is
that
what
you
said,
teller,
the
physical
therapist
told
you
to
do
it
I'll
give
you
my
card.
She
can
call
me
okay,
so
those
are
the
major
components
of
your
balance
and
really
the
major
components
of
maintaining
your
physical
health
as
we
age
and
that
all
correlates
directly
to
remaining
healthy
and
independent
and
engaged
in
the
home
that
you
want
to
be
in
and
in
the
life
that
you
want
to
live
now.
Who's
got
questions,
comments
or
concerns.
Yes,
sir,
we're.
C
E
A
great
question,
so
he
shared
that
he
has
a
two-story
house
and
that
going
up
and
down
the
stairs
gets
more
and
more
difficult.
He's
wondering
if
there's
anything
he
can
do
to
improve
that
going
up
with
stairs
is
a
difficult
task,
there's
no,
if
ands
or
buts
about
that,
but
it
really
comes
down
to
a
couple
of
things:
the
strength
in
your
legs
and
the
range
of
motion
in
your
body.
If
your
legs
aren't
strong
enough
to
lift
yourself
up
with
one
leg,
really
one
step
at
a
time
is
how
that
goes.
E
E
So
my
my
recommendation
would
be
to
take
a
look
at
what
you're
doing
for
exercise
if
you're
not
doing
any
strength,
training
I
would
recommend
that
you
find
some
resources
to
start
with
strength
training,
especially
for
the
legs,
and
to
make
sure
that
it's
strength,
training,
that's
truly
going
to
help
you
seated,
marching
or
seated
kicking
without
any
load
or
resistance
on
the
body
isn't
going
to
stress
you
enough
to
build
muscle.
So
you
have
to
find
something:
that's
going
to
stress
you
enough,
but
be
safe
for
you,
so
that
you
can
build
muscle.
E
The
other
thing,
too,
that
makes
you
feel
uneasy
on
the
stairs,
is
likely
some
range
of
motion
in
the
ankles.
If
you
feel
you've
got
some
tightness
in
the
ankles,
that
can
often
we
do
to
feeling
like
you're
going
to
propel
backwards
or
that
you
need
to
lean
forward
a
lot
to
correct
it.
So
those
are
the
two
biggest
things
with
climbing
stairs
and
we
can
chat
a
little
more
afterwards
too.
Sir
other
questions,
yes,
sir,.
B
D
D
B
D
D
E
Right,
let's
start
from
the
top
here:
we've
got
clumsiness,
I,
don't
know
if
I
can
fix
clumsy
other
than
trying
to
be
more
aware
right,
put
yellow
tape
on
everything,
then
you
won't
trip
over
it.
The
other
thing
that
you
asked
to
vote
was
falling
stairs
mainly
and
then
also
the
neuropathy
in
the
feet
and
kind
of
lots
of
things.
D
E
D
E
If
you
fall,
you
should
call
your
doctor,
and
you
should
also
definitely
call
your
doctor
if
you
hit
your
head.
That
is
a
problem,
even
if
you
feel
fine,
even
if
you
wake
up
the
next
thing,
you
think
you're
fine.
You
should
always
call
your
doctor
if
you
fall
and
hit
your
head,
okay,
they're,
going
to
want
to
see
you
it's
for
good
reason,
okay,
so
user
I
would
recommend
that
you
call
your
doctor.
Tell
them.
You've
had
two
Falls
one
which
could
have
been
severely
injured.
E
E
Up
in
your
arteries-
and
it's
gotten
to
the
point
where
you're
having
cramping
and
numbness
in
your
legs,
walking,
isn't
going
to
be
very
comfortable
and
be
going
to
help
that
so
it
really
depends
if
you've
got
numbness
in
your
feet
because
of
neuropathy.
Maybe
it
just
started
you're,
not
sure
why?
Maybe
you
have
diabetes,
maybe
there's
another
cause
of
it.
D
C
E
E
You
know
it's
I,
don't
talk
about
ladders,
because
my
recommendation
is:
don't
use
them,
don't
use
a
step.
Stool!
Don't
use
a
ladder,
it's
not
worth
it!
That's
where
the
cognition
comes
in
right,
be
aware
of
your
abilities
and
even
if
you
think,
you're
capable
of
using
that
ladder
still
ask
for
help.
Okay,
I've
got
a
husband
he'll
come
over
and
help
you.
You
don't
have
anyone
else.
Okay.
The
point
is,
he
doesn't
know
that,
but
he
was
he
used
to
be
a
cable
guy.
He's
got
a
really
long
ladder.
B
A
E
E
To
students
yeah
and
that
wasn't
very
fun
right
right,
so
let's
kind
of
wrap
up
here
folks,
so
that
we
can
have
a
little
bit
of
an
idea
and
understanding
of
what
what
we
need,
what
you
need
next
so
I
talked
with
and
a
little
bit
about
offering
a
balance.
Screening
here
and
I've
talked
with
Amanda
about
it
a
little
bit
too.
If
you
feel
like
it
would
be
beneficial
for
us
to
come
in
and
offer
a
time
for
you
to
come
and
meet
with
me
for
about
10
or
15
minutes.
E
That's
without
be
something
of
interest
here
at
Creekside,
okay,
we'll
have
to
look
into
to
bring
that
around
here
at
Creekside
and
maybe
have
some
other
community
centers.
We
find
it
to
be
really
helpful
and
really
eye-opening
and
educating
for
people
so
that
they
know
where
they
are
okay,
because
you
only
know
how
your
balance
is
right.
You
don't
know
how
your
friends
is
or
how
your
partners
is,
or
anyone
else
so
we'll
try
and
get
that
into
the
schedule
here,
and
so
that
you
folks
can
have
a
little
bit
better
idea
of
that.
E
What
other
resources
or
things
do
you
think
you
could
utilize
your
benefit
from
from
a
physical
therapist
in
the
unity
and
I
asked
this
very
open-ended
me
because,
as
a
profession,
physical
therapists
are
not
very
community
facing
we're
trying
to
change
that.
We
want
to
be
here
in
the
community
out
doing
what
you
need.
E
So,
if
you
have
any
thoughts
on
that
come
find
me
afterwards.
Okay,
I
really
appreciate
your
time
this
morning,
thanks
for
coming
I
hope.
You
learned
something
at
least
one
thing
today
call
an
if
you
need
a
home
safety
assessment.
I've
got
cards
up
here.
Call
me
if
you
need
anything
in
the
way
of
strength,
balance,
flexibility
or
endurance,
training,
okay,
thanks,
so
much
for
your
time.