Are you making time for your health this new year? Make your health your top priority and come visit us at the Duneland YMCA! Our clinical staff with be available to check your blood pressure, perform glucose readings, and answer questions. Mark your calendar to come and see us!
With a growing aging population, more and more older adults are living on their own. As we age, our needs can change, and that includes safety! We will discuss fall prevention, household hazards, medication safety, and more. If you are an older adult living on your own or care for an older person living alone, join us to learn more about ways to stay safe.
A NorthShore Health Insurance Navigator will be at the Portage Township YMCA to answer Medicaid, Medicare, and HIP questions as well as provide you with the best options for coverage.
This month we are focusing on your diabetic care schedule. Managing diabetes can feel overwhelming at times. Every day you have to make choices and take actions to help stay on track. In addition to daily tasks, there are lab tests and visits with your health care team throughout the year. This session will help you streamline that process, get organized, and stay on top or your diabetes care!
Do you have a 2 to 5-year-old that is about to be a big brother or sister? Join us for this fun workshop where your little ones will learn ways to prepare for a new baby and safe ways that they can help at home. There will be games, activities, and refreshments, and each big brother and sister will get a certificate! Please have them bring their favorite stuffed animal or doll to class. You won’t want to miss this fun!
With summer in full swing, let’s get outside! This month we will discuss the physical, mental and spiritual benefits of being outdoors. Managing diabetes is not just about medications and doctors’ visits. Join us as we celebrate how the great outdoors cannot just help improve diabetes, but increase our overall health and wellness! As always, Diabetic Diner will provide a diabetic-friendly recipe and food sampling!
In honor of Alzheimer’s and Brain Health Awareness Month, we would love to spend some time with YOU learning about fun ways to improve your memory and “stay sharp”! After reviewing brain health basics, we will do some fun activities and brain games!
This month we are focusing on your diabetic care schedule. Managing diabetes can feel overwhelming at times. Every day you have to make choices and take actions to help stay on track. In addition to daily tasks, there are lab tests and visits with your health care team throughout the year. This session will help you streamline that process, get organized, and stay on top or your diabetes care!
Our Insurance Navigators can assist you in completing the federal Health Insurance Marketplace application, answer Medicaid, Medicare, and HIP questions as well as provide you with the best options for coverage.
A NorthShore Health Insurance Navigator will be at the Portage Township YMCA to answer Medicaid, Medicare, and HIP questions as well as provide you with the best options for coverage.
Good nutrition is important for mom and baby! In this workshop, you will learn how to make the best choices, making sure that you and baby get the vitamins and nutrients that both of you need. From learning about serving sizes and safe food choices to foods to avoid, let us help you feel better prepared to eat healthy during your pregnancy.
Are you making time for your health this new year? Make your health your top priority and come visit us at the Portage YMCA! Our clinical staff with be available to check your blood pressure, perform glucose readings, and answer questions. Mark your calendar to come and see us!
Keeping your blood sugars within your target range is an important part of managing diabetes. This month’s focus will be on how to best maintain a healthy blood sugar level to prevent complications and understand what your “target range” means. After reviewing some diabetic basis, we’ll discuss what happens when your blood sugars are high or low, and the special steps you may need to take to keep your blood sugar at a healthy level on days you just aren’t feeling well. You will also have the opportunity to work with a health and wellness educator to set a SMART goal that will help keep you healthy. Whether you are looking for a refresher course, or just getting started on […]
Keeping your blood sugars within your target range is an important part of managing diabetes. This month’s focus will be on how to best maintain a healthy blood sugar level to prevent complications and understand what your “target range” means. After reviewing some diabetic basics, we’ll discuss what happens when your blood sugars are high or low, and the special steps you may need to take to keep your blood sugar at a healthy level on days you just aren’t feeling well. You will also have the opportunity to work with a health and wellness educator to set a SMART goal that will help keep you healthy. Whether you are looking for a refresher course, or just getting started on […]
Are you making time for your health this new year? Make your health your top priority and come visit us at the Duneland YMCA! Our clinical staff with be available to check your blood pressure, perform glucose readings, and answer questions. Mark your calendar to come and see us!
A NorthShore Health Insurance Navigator will be at the Portage Township YMCA to answer Medicaid, Medicare, and HIP questions as well as provide you with the best options for coverage.
Keeping your blood sugars within your target range is an important part of managing diabetes. This month’s focus will be on how to best maintain a healthy blood sugar level to prevent complications and understand what your “target range” means. After reviewing some diabetic basis, we’ll discuss what happens when your blood sugars are high or low, and the special steps you may need to take to keep your blood sugar at a healthy level on days you just aren’t feeling well. You will also have the opportunity to work with a health and wellness educator to set a SMART goal that will help keep you healthy. Whether you are looking for a refresher course, or just getting started on […]
Make your health your top priority and come visit us at the Portage YMCA! Our clinical staff with be available to check your blood pressure, perform glucose readings, and answer questions. Mark your calendar to come and see us!
Keeping your blood sugars within your target range is an important part of managing diabetes. This month’s focus will be on how to best maintain a healthy blood sugar level to prevent complications and understand what your “target range” means. Diabetic Diner will include a healthy recipe and sample to try before you try it at home! Light refreshments are also provided.
Keeping your blood sugars within your target range is an important part of managing diabetes. This month’s focus will be on how to best maintain a healthy blood sugar level to prevent complications, and understand what your “target range” means. After reviewing some diabetic basics, we’ll discuss what happens when your blood sugars are high or low, and the special steps you may need to take to keep your blood sugar at a healthy level on days you just aren’t feeling well. You will also have the opportunity to work with a health and wellness educator to set a SMART goal that will help keep you healthy. Whether you are looking for a refresher course, or just getting started on […]
Our Insurance Navigators can assist you in completing the federal Health Insurance Marketplace application, answer Medicaid, Medicare, and HIP questions as well as provide you with the best options for coverage.
A NorthShore Health Insurance Navigator will be at the Portage Township YMCA to answer Medicaid, Medicare, and HIP questions as well as provide you with the best options for coverage.
Good nutrition is important for mom and baby! In this workshop, you will learn how to make the best choices, making sure that you and baby get the vitamins and nutrients that both of you need. From learning about serving sizes and safe food choices to foods to avoid, let us help you feel better prepared to eat healthy during your pregnancy.
Are you making time for your health this new year? Make your health your top priority and come visit us at the Portage YMCA! Our clinical staff with be available to check your blood pressure, perform glucose readings, and answer questions. Mark your calendar to come and see us!
A NorthShore Health Insurance Navigator will be at the Portage Township YMCA to answer Medicaid, Medicare, and HIP questions as well as provide you with the best options for coverage.
Join us in August as we learn how to make healthy food choices as we embrace different cultural foods from around the world. Eating healthy doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy favorite foods from our childhood, but we can take those meals that “grandma used to make” and “healthy them up”! After learning some nutrition basics, you will learn about healthy substitutions in recipes of your favorite cultural foods and how to make healthy food choices at restaurants and on the go.
Join us in August as we learn how to make healthy food choices as we embrace different cultural foods from around the world. Eating healthy doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy favorite foods from our childhood, but we can take those meals that “grandma used to make” and “healthy them up”! You will get to review some nutrition basics, the importance of protein, and the healthy side of carbs. Diabetic Diner will include a healthy recipe and sample to try before you try it at home! Light refreshments also provided.
Are you making time for your health this new year? Make your health your top priority and come visit us at the Duneland YMCA! Our clinical staff with be available to check your blood pressure, perform glucose readings, and answer questions. Mark your calendar to come and see us!
Do you have a 2 to 5-year-old that is about to be a big brother or sister? Join us for this fun workshop where your little ones will learn ways to prepare for a new baby and safe ways that they can help at home. There will be games, activities, and refreshments, and each big brother and sister will get a certificate! Please have them bring their favorite stuffed animal or doll to class. You won’t want to miss this fun!
Make your health your top priority and come visit us at the Portage YMCA! Our clinical staff with be available to check your blood pressure, perform glucose readings, and answer questions. Mark your calendar to come and see us!
Come out and have all of your Medicare, Medicaid and SHIP questions answered through an interactive learning session where we play BINGO, have light refreshments, and win prizes!
A NorthShore Health Insurance Navigator will be at the Portage Township YMCA to answer Medicaid, Medicare, and HIP questions as well as provide you with the best options for coverage.
Working towards a healthy weight is one of the best decisions you can make for yourself! Weight loss can be hard work, but the rewards of feeling better, having more energy, and reducing the risk of many chronic diseases is worth it. Opinions and advice about weight loss are all around us, from friends and family to social media and the internet. Deciding what really works versus what doesn’t can be frustrating, when you just want to get to the facts about weight loss. Join us as we go over some of the most common myths about weight loss and leave feeling empowered to make healthy choices to aid in your weight loss journey.
Join us in August as we learn how to make healthy food choices as we embrace different cultural foods from around the world. Eating healthy doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy favorite foods from our childhood, but we can take those meals that “grandma used to make” and “healthy them up”! After learning some nutrition basics, you will learn about healthy substitutions in recipes for your favorite cultural foods and how to make healthy food choices at restaurants and on the go.
Our Insurance Navigators can assist you in completing the federal Health Insurance Marketplace application, answer Medicaid, Medicare, and HIP questions as well as provide you with the best options for coverage.
Good nutrition is important for mom and baby! In this workshop, you will learn how to make the best choices, making sure that you and baby get the vitamins and nutrients that the both of you need. From learning about serving sizes and safe food choices to foods to avoid, let us help you feel better prepared to eat healthy during your pregnancy.
Food Distribution from 12 pm - 2 pm at NorthShore Hammond location. While supplies last.
Are you making time for your health this new year? Make your health your top priority and come visit us at the Portage YMCA! Our clinical staff with be available to check your blood pressure, perform glucose readings, and answer questions. Mark your calendar to come and see us!
A NorthShore Health Insurance Navigator will be at the Portage Township YMCA to answer Medicaid, Medicare, and HIP questions as well as provide you with the best options for coverage.
Are you making time for your health this new year? Make your health your top priority and come visit us at the Duneland YMCA! Our clinical staff with be available to check your blood pressure, perform glucose readings, and answer questions. Mark your calendar to come and see us!
