Healthy Elders Through Local Exercise Programs – Karina Hunter

THUNDER BAY, ON – Helping Elders stay healthy and well. That’s the goal of a new exercise program being delivered in North Caribou Lake First Nation and Eabemetoong First Nation. Exercise Leaders in the community, with training from the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), deliver twice weekly exercise classes that are good for body, for mind and for the spirit.

Monica Kanate, Health Director for North Caribou Lake First Nation, knows that staying connected is important to wellbeing for Elders and for people living with chronic health conditions. “This program is great because it promotes healthy living and socialization among our Elders,” said Kanate, who recognizes the risk that comes with isolation. “Our Elders don’t get out too much, and we don’t want to leave them behind.”

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