Hello Neighbors! Below is our class schedule. No registration is required, just note the instructions below and join us for as many classes as you would like. Please share with your family, friends, and neighbors, both near and far. All of our classes are FREE and no registration is required. Feel free to share our class schedule with your friends, family, and neighbors, near & far, of any age – everyone is welcome to join us!
Monday February 1 | 2:00-3:00pm | 5 Elements for Health & Vitality ~ Class One: Water
Join us for this fun and informative, weekly 5-part series based on Chinese medicine which aims to prevent illness and improve health. These 5 elements: Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal provide a multi-dimensional view of life and offers a diagnostic framework to recognize where imbalances of the body, mind, emotions and spirit lie. Each of us encompasses all five elements, but there is usually one element that is dominant, and another that is secondary. Find out which element you most relate to and how you can use that knowledge to help improve your health and vitality! First class focuses on the element of water - enjoy some Zen at the end of class with a short meditation related to that element.
Mondays at 2:00pm | February 1 – March 8 | 5 Part Series – Join as many as you’d like! | No class on February 15-Presidents’ Day
Session 1: Water – 2/1; Session 2: Wood - 2/8; Session 3: Fire – 2/22; Session 4: Earth – 3/1; Session 5: Metal – 3/8
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes.
Presenter: Ninetta Keenan, AOBTA, CP, LMT; Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Practitioner of Asian Bodywork Therapies
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudeioqDwoG9M30Vxg0_id9LqdkxydEy3M
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 833 2106 7217
Tuesday February 2 | 1:00-2:00pm | Balance & Strength Fitness Class
Exercises will focus on strengthening muscles that will aid in improving balance and specific exercises to challenge balance.
Supplies needed: A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Mary Ann Hilsen, Co-Owner and MSPT from Impulse Rehab and Wellness
Please read the waiver at the bottom of this email before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlfuuspjovH9ARX8N2wS_I5OmkAd1H1xm3
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 848 9248 1554
Thursday February 4 | 10:00-11:00am| Proper Body Ergonomics
Are you in discomfort or pain when you perform certain daily activities? Having these discomforts can lead to injury or decreased ability in performing certain activities. If this sounds like you, join Proper Body Ergonomics and learn correct body placement when picking something up from the ground, pulling an object, pushing an object, etc…Discover the muscles that are being used for most daily activities to have a better understanding of the placement of your body to decrease discomfort to motivate you to continue to move!
Supplies needed: A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Presenter: Bradley LaRocque, B.S Kinesiology/ Exercise Science Fitness Manager for Right Fit
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdO6spzkqH9BIJAv4LqfqG2TPRbvrcGZ5
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 821 3749 2054
Friday February 5 | 11:15am-12:15pm | Senior Strong Fitness
Let us help you stay fit while you sit. Bringing sensible and functional fitness to seniors everywhere. Enjoy workouts from the comfort of your home with your friends and family.
Supplies needed: A couple of hand weights or alternative weights such as two full water bottles. A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Alan Vitelli, ATC - Jackie Errico Fitness LLC
Please read the waiver at the bottom of this email before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqceGppjgoHdfpri2WrppZMa8k8UqAS6GV
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 817 6818 3273
Friday February 5 | 3:00-5:15pm | Act II Flicks on Friday – Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln (2012)
"In 1865, as the American Civil War winds inexorably toward conclusion, U.S. president Abraham Lincoln endeavors to achieve passage of the landmark constitutional amendment which will forever ban slavery from the United States. However, his task is a race against time, for peace may come at any time, and if it comes before the amendment is passed, the returning southern states will stop it before it can become law. Lincoln must, by almost any means possible, obtain enough votes from a recalcitrant Congress before peace arrives and it is too late. Yet the president is torn, as an early peace would save thousands of lives. As the nation confronts its conscience over the freedom of its entire population, Lincoln faces his own crisis of conscience -- end slavery or end the war." Director: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field | Rated PG-13 | 135 min. | Biography, Drama, History, War| US Release Date: November 2012.
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApdu-vqzIvH9089FwUbT_sCQb2rJLeaouQ
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 844 1675 9559
Monday February 8 | 9:30-10:30am | Coffee & Conversation Support Group - a virtual space fostering connection, openness, and overall well-being during COVID19
This online group aims to be a positive way for everyone to start the week. It will be a semi-structured biweekly time for those who wish to actively share around struggles they are experiencing and strategies they are using to find gratitude, hope, and resilience in this unconventional time.
*NOTE Coffee and Conversation meets on the SECOND and FOURTH MONDAYS of each month at 9:30
Facilitator: Mackenzie Busse, LSW - Aging Care Connections
Join by telephone OR by Zoom for this program
Telephone option for joining: Phone #: 312-626-6799, Meeting ID: 886 5913 9265, Telephone password: 464520
Zoom option for joining: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88659139265?pwd=WWR4V0VtL2dMUjl6cE01d3pjSitxQT09 | Zoom password: awn123 | Meeting ID: 886 5913 9265
Monday February 8 | 2:00-3:00pm | 5 Elements for Health & Vitality ~ Class Two: Wood
According to Chinese medicine, there are five elements that are the basis of the world we live in and provide a multidimensional view of life. This knowledge offers a diagnostic framework to recognize where imbalances in our body, mind, emotions and spirit lie. Join our weekly discussion of the 5 elements as we focus on the 2nd element, wood and how it can help improve your health and vitality! At the end of class, enjoy some Zen with a short meditation related to that element.
5 Part Series – Join as many as you’d like! | Mondays at 2:00pm | February 1 – March 8 | No class on February 15 (Presidents’ Day)
Session 1: Water – 2/1; Session 2: Wood - 2/8; Session 3: Fire – 2/22; Session 4: Earth – 3/1; Session 5: Metal – 3/8
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes.
Presenter: Ninetta Keenan, AOBTA, CP, LMT; Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Practitioner of Asian Bodywork Therapies
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudeioqDwoG9M30Vxg0_id9LqdkxydEy3M
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 833 2106 7217
Tuesday February 9 | 1:00-2:00pm | Chair Yoga
Chair Yoga is a modified version of traditional Yoga and offers all the same benefits. Yoga is an excellent way for older adults to loosen and stretch painful muscles, improve flexibility, reduce stress and improve circulation.
Supplies needed: A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Beth Gorman, Co-Owner and MSPT from Impulse Rehab and Wellness
Please read the waiver at the bottom of this email before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlfuuspjovH9ARX8N2wS_I5OmkAd1H1xm3
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 848 9248 1554
Wednesday February 10 | 11:00am-12:00pm | Qi Gong Fitness
Qi Gong is a combination of chair and standing exercises that promote mobility and flexibility through all the joints in the body. It has been referred to as “oiling the joints”. These movements create suppleness and youthful vitality throughout the body.
Supplies needed: A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Tom Wilkens, Owner – Dancing Cranes
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdeqorzgsH9R5bv3m19ae8hHarani074w
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 831 2301 3650
Friday February 12 | 9:00-10:15am | AMITA & Act II Special Program - Interventional Pulmonology: From the COVID Front Lines
Presenter: Dr. Sara Greenhill - Interventional Pulmonology
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclde6sqDgjG9IPPYXOOgmHDqUNdT7KA8hB
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 838 2746 3916
Friday February 12 | 11:15am-12:15pm | Senior Strong Fitness
Let us help you stay fit while you sit. Bringing sensible and functional fitness to seniors everywhere. Enjoy workouts from the comfort of your home with your friends and family.
Supplies needed: A couple of hand weights or alternative weights such as two full water bottles. A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Alan Vitelli, ATC - Jackie Errico Fitness LLC
Please read the waiver at the bottom before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqceGppjgoHdfpri2WrppZMa8k8UqAS6GV
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 817 6818 3273
Monday February 15 – No programs today in observance of Presidents’ Day
Tuesday February 16 | 1:00-2:00pm | Core Conditioning
Core Conditioning focuses on strengthening your abdominals and the surrounding muscles that support your spine. This class will re-engage core muscles to improve daily endurance, improve posture and prevent injury.
Supplies needed: A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Maryann Hilsen, Co-Owner and MSPT from Impulse Rehab and Wellness
Please read the waiver at the bottom before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlfuuspjovH9ARX8N2wS_I5OmkAd1H1xm3
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 848 9248 1554
Thursday February 18 | 10:00-11:00am| Aspired Living presents: Straight Talk COVID-19 Vaccines
During this interactive webinar, a pharmacist will discuss the available options for COVID-19 vaccines - how they work; what you should expect when you get vaccinated plus additional vaccines appropriate for adults.
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes.
Instructor: Patricia L. Johnson, RPh, PMP and Director of Partner Success, Medication Management PARTNERS, sponsored by Aspired Living, LaGrange
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdO6spzkqH9BIJAv4LqfqG2TPRbvrcGZ5
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 821 3749 2054
Friday February 19 | 11:15am-12:15pm | Senior Strong Fitness
Let us help you stay fit while you sit. Bringing sensible and functional fitness to seniors everywhere. Enjoy workouts from the comfort of your home with your friends and family.
Supplies needed: A couple of hand weights or alternative weights such as two full water bottles. A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Alan Vitelli, ATC - Jackie Errico Fitness LLC
Please read the waiver at the bottom before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqceGppjgoHdfpri2WrppZMa8k8UqAS6GV
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 817 6818 3273
Monday February 22 | 9:30-10:30am | Coffee & Conversation Support Group - a virtual space fostering connection, openness, and overall well-being during COVID19
This online group aims to be a positive way for everyone to start the week. It will be a semi-structured biweekly time for those who wish to actively share around struggles they are experiencing and strategies they are using to find gratitude, hope, and resilience in this unconventional time.
*NOTE Coffee and Conversation meets on the SECOND and FOURTH MONDAYS of each month at 9:30
Facilitator: Mackenzie Busse, LSW - Aging Care Connections
Join by telephone OR by Zoom for this program
Telephone option for joining: Phone #: 312-626-6799, Meeting ID: 886 5913 9265, Telephone password: 464520
Zoom option for joining: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88659139265?pwd=WWR4V0VtL2dMUjl6cE01d3pjSitxQT09 | Zoom password: awn123 | Meeting ID: 886 5913 9265
Monday February 22 | 2:00-3:00pm | 5 Elements for Health & Vitality ~ Class Three: Fire
According to Chinese medicine, there are five elements that are the basis of the world we live in and provide a multidimensional view of life. This knowledge offers a diagnostic framework to recognize where imbalances in our body, mind, emotions and spirit lie. Join our weekly discussion of the 5 elements as we focus on the 3rd element, FIRE and how it can help improve your health and vitality! At the end of class, enjoy some Zen with a short meditation related to that element.
5 Part Series – Join as many as you’d like! | Mondays at 2:00pm | February 1 – March 8 | No class on February 15 (Presidents’ Day)
Session 1: Water – 2/1; Session 2: Wood - 2/8; Session 3: Fire – 2/22; Session 4: Earth – 3/1; Session 5: Metal – 3/8
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes.
Presenter: Ninetta Keenan, AOBTA, CP, LMT; Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Practitioner of Asian Bodywork Therapies
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudeioqDwoG9M30Vxg0_id9LqdkxydEy3M
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 833 2106 7217
Tuesday February 23 | 1:00-2:00pm | Boot Camp for Bone Density
A key ingredient to building bone density and preventing bone loss is weight bearing exercises. Grab your weights for some low impact exercises to strengthen and “load your bones”.
Supplies needed: A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Beth Gorman, Co-Owner and MSPT from Impulse Rehab and Wellness
Please read the waiver at the bottom of this email before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlfuuspjovH9ARX8N2wS_I5OmkAd1H1xm3
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 848 9248 1554
Wednesday February 24 | 11:00am-12:00pm | Qi Gong Fitness
Qi Gong is a combination of chair and standing exercises that promote mobility and flexibility through all the joints in the body. It has been referred to as “oiling the joints”. These movements create suppleness and youthful vitality throughout the body.
Supplies needed: A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Tom Wilkens, Owner – Dancing Cranes
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdeqorzgsH9R5bv3m19ae8hHarani074w
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 831 2301 3650
Wednesday February 24 | 2:00-3:00 PM | Leslie Goddard Presents: Nancy Drew The History of America’s Favorite Teen Sleuth
Ninety years ago, a plucky girl detective stepped out of her blue roadster and into the hearts of readers. The brainchild of publisher Edward Stratemeyer, Nancy Drew proved that a strong heroine with style and bravery could win huge popularity. Join historian Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., to explore the history of America’s favorite girl detective. Who was Carolyn Keene, author of the series? Why did this girls’ book series, more than any other, captivate generations of readers?
Presenter: Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., Historian
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlcOyurTovGdd-hgtideIw7YzSj1xUoX4o
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 868 7563 1533
Thursday February 25 | 10:00-11:00am| Tips on How to Prevent Consumer Fraud & Identity Theft
Join OAG (Office of the Attorney General) to learn about new scams and how to avoid them, find out how you can escape identity theft, hear about consumer complaint process that can help you get your money back from a business or provider that uses questionable business practices.
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes
Presenter: Iwona Przonak Garcia, Office of Attorney General Community Liaison
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdO6spzkqH9BIJAv4LqfqG2TPRbvrcGZ5
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 821 3749 2054
Friday January 26 | 11:15am-12:15pm | Senior Strong Fitness
Let us help you stay fit while you sit. Bringing sensible and functional fitness to seniors everywhere. Enjoy workouts from the comfort of your home with your friends and family.
Supplies needed: A couple of hand weights or alternative weights such as two full water bottles. A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Alan Vitelli, ATC - Jackie Errico Fitness LLC
Please read the waiver at the bottom before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqceGppjgoHdfpri2WrppZMa8k8UqAS6GV
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 817 6818 3273
Upcoming Programs
ALL CLASS PARTICIPANTS - PLEASE READ THESE IMPORTANT NOTES:
WAYS TO JOIN CLASSES VIA ZOOM
Join by computer
Join by tablet or smartphone
Notes for all of our new online classes
Offering AWN classes using Zoom is new to us and to most of our instructors. We welcome you to join us on this adventure of using new ways to connect and to learn! Please be patient as we work through any technical glitches that may arise.
Waiver for joining Tuesday and Friday Exercise Classes
This Agreement is entered into between Aging Care Connections and all Aging Care Connection members/attendees with Jackie Errico Fitness (Studio) and Impulse Rehab and Wellness(Studio). ASSUMPTION OF RISK: You agree that if you engage in any physical exercise or activity, including personal training, group training, and virtual workouts, or enter our premises or use any facility or equipment on our premises for any purpose, you do so at your own risk and assume the risk of any and all injury and/or damage you may suffer, whether while engaging in physical exercise or not. This includes injury or damage sustained while and/or resulting from using any premises or facility, or using any equipment, whether provided to you by Studio or otherwise, including injuries or damages arising out of the negligence of Studio , whether active or passive, or any of Studio’s affiliates, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns. Your assumption of risk includes, but is not limited to, your use of any exercise equipment (mechanical or otherwise),, sidewalks, parking lots, stairs, or any equipment. You assume the risk of your participation in any activity, class, program, instruction, or event, including but not limited to weightlifting, walking, jogging, running, aerobic activities, or any other sporting or recreational endeavor. You agree that you are voluntarily participating in the aforementioned activities and assume all risk of injury, illness, damage, or loss to you or your property that might result, including, without limitation, any loss or theft of any personal property, whether arising out of the negligence of Studio or otherwise. If you are engaged in online training, you acknowledge that you are not being monitored by any trainer and that there is no liability to the trainer, facility or studio if there is an injury sustained.
RELEASE: You agree on behalf of yourself (and all your personal representatives, heirs, executors, administrators, agents, and assigns) to release and discharge Studio (and Studio ’s affiliates, related entities, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns) from any and all claims or causes of action (known or unknown) arising out of the negligence of Studio, whether active or passive, or any of Studio ’s affiliates, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns. This waiver and release of liability includes, without limitation, injuries which may occur as a result of (a) your use of any exercise equipment or facilities which may malfunction or break, (b) improper maintenance of any exercise equipment, premises or facilities, (c) negligent instruction or supervision, including personal training, (d) negligent hiring or retention of employees, and/or (e) slipping or tripping and falling while on any portion of a premises or while traveling to or from personal training, including injuries resulting from Studio’s or anyone else’s negligent inspection or maintenance of the facility or premises, (e) training you undertake that is online only without the supervision of a trainer. The trainer will provide step by step instruction on completing the exercise in a safe manner but cannot monitor you while you are completing these exercises. If you are unable to complete the exercise due to physical limitation or lack of understanding DO NOT attempt. If you do attempt, you will be liable for any injury sustained.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: You expressly agree that the foregoing release, waiver, assumption of risk agreement is intended to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by the law in the State of Illinois and beyond, and that if any portion thereof is held invalid, it is agreed that the balance shall, notwithstanding, continue in full legal force and effect. You acknowledge that you have carefully read this waiver and release and fully understand that it is a release of liability, express assumption of risk. You are aware and agree that by executing this waiver and release, you are giving up your right to bring a legal action or assert a claim against Jackie Errico Fitness's negligence, or for any defective product used while receiving personal training, group training, or virtual training from Jackie Errico Fitness . You have read and verbally agree to the waiver and release, and will allow the AWN Online Fitness Classes to be recorded and published for future use, and further agree that no oral representations, statements, or inducement apart from the foregoing verbal agreement have been made.
Monday February 1 | 2:00-3:00pm | 5 Elements for Health & Vitality ~ Class One: Water
Join us for this fun and informative, weekly 5-part series based on Chinese medicine which aims to prevent illness and improve health. These 5 elements: Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal provide a multi-dimensional view of life and offers a diagnostic framework to recognize where imbalances of the body, mind, emotions and spirit lie. Each of us encompasses all five elements, but there is usually one element that is dominant, and another that is secondary. Find out which element you most relate to and how you can use that knowledge to help improve your health and vitality! First class focuses on the element of water - enjoy some Zen at the end of class with a short meditation related to that element.
Mondays at 2:00pm | February 1 – March 8 | 5 Part Series – Join as many as you’d like! | No class on February 15-Presidents’ Day
Session 1: Water – 2/1; Session 2: Wood - 2/8; Session 3: Fire – 2/22; Session 4: Earth – 3/1; Session 5: Metal – 3/8
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes.
Presenter: Ninetta Keenan, AOBTA, CP, LMT; Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Practitioner of Asian Bodywork Therapies
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudeioqDwoG9M30Vxg0_id9LqdkxydEy3M
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 833 2106 7217
Tuesday February 2 | 1:00-2:00pm | Balance & Strength Fitness Class
Exercises will focus on strengthening muscles that will aid in improving balance and specific exercises to challenge balance.
Supplies needed: A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Mary Ann Hilsen, Co-Owner and MSPT from Impulse Rehab and Wellness
Please read the waiver at the bottom of this email before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlfuuspjovH9ARX8N2wS_I5OmkAd1H1xm3
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 848 9248 1554
Thursday February 4 | 10:00-11:00am| Proper Body Ergonomics
Are you in discomfort or pain when you perform certain daily activities? Having these discomforts can lead to injury or decreased ability in performing certain activities. If this sounds like you, join Proper Body Ergonomics and learn correct body placement when picking something up from the ground, pulling an object, pushing an object, etc…Discover the muscles that are being used for most daily activities to have a better understanding of the placement of your body to decrease discomfort to motivate you to continue to move!
Supplies needed: A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Presenter: Bradley LaRocque, B.S Kinesiology/ Exercise Science Fitness Manager for Right Fit
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdO6spzkqH9BIJAv4LqfqG2TPRbvrcGZ5
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 821 3749 2054
Friday February 5 | 11:15am-12:15pm | Senior Strong Fitness
Let us help you stay fit while you sit. Bringing sensible and functional fitness to seniors everywhere. Enjoy workouts from the comfort of your home with your friends and family.
Supplies needed: A couple of hand weights or alternative weights such as two full water bottles. A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Alan Vitelli, ATC - Jackie Errico Fitness LLC
Please read the waiver at the bottom of this email before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqceGppjgoHdfpri2WrppZMa8k8UqAS6GV
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 817 6818 3273
Friday February 5 | 3:00-5:15pm | Act II Flicks on Friday – Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln (2012)
"In 1865, as the American Civil War winds inexorably toward conclusion, U.S. president Abraham Lincoln endeavors to achieve passage of the landmark constitutional amendment which will forever ban slavery from the United States. However, his task is a race against time, for peace may come at any time, and if it comes before the amendment is passed, the returning southern states will stop it before it can become law. Lincoln must, by almost any means possible, obtain enough votes from a recalcitrant Congress before peace arrives and it is too late. Yet the president is torn, as an early peace would save thousands of lives. As the nation confronts its conscience over the freedom of its entire population, Lincoln faces his own crisis of conscience -- end slavery or end the war." Director: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field | Rated PG-13 | 135 min. | Biography, Drama, History, War| US Release Date: November 2012.
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApdu-vqzIvH9089FwUbT_sCQb2rJLeaouQ
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 844 1675 9559
Monday February 8 | 9:30-10:30am | Coffee & Conversation Support Group - a virtual space fostering connection, openness, and overall well-being during COVID19
This online group aims to be a positive way for everyone to start the week. It will be a semi-structured biweekly time for those who wish to actively share around struggles they are experiencing and strategies they are using to find gratitude, hope, and resilience in this unconventional time.
*NOTE Coffee and Conversation meets on the SECOND and FOURTH MONDAYS of each month at 9:30
Facilitator: Mackenzie Busse, LSW - Aging Care Connections
Join by telephone OR by Zoom for this program
Telephone option for joining: Phone #: 312-626-6799, Meeting ID: 886 5913 9265, Telephone password: 464520
Zoom option for joining: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88659139265?pwd=WWR4V0VtL2dMUjl6cE01d3pjSitxQT09 | Zoom password: awn123 | Meeting ID: 886 5913 9265
Monday February 8 | 2:00-3:00pm | 5 Elements for Health & Vitality ~ Class Two: Wood
According to Chinese medicine, there are five elements that are the basis of the world we live in and provide a multidimensional view of life. This knowledge offers a diagnostic framework to recognize where imbalances in our body, mind, emotions and spirit lie. Join our weekly discussion of the 5 elements as we focus on the 2nd element, wood and how it can help improve your health and vitality! At the end of class, enjoy some Zen with a short meditation related to that element.
5 Part Series – Join as many as you’d like! | Mondays at 2:00pm | February 1 – March 8 | No class on February 15 (Presidents’ Day)
Session 1: Water – 2/1; Session 2: Wood - 2/8; Session 3: Fire – 2/22; Session 4: Earth – 3/1; Session 5: Metal – 3/8
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes.
Presenter: Ninetta Keenan, AOBTA, CP, LMT; Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Practitioner of Asian Bodywork Therapies
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudeioqDwoG9M30Vxg0_id9LqdkxydEy3M
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 833 2106 7217
Tuesday February 9 | 1:00-2:00pm | Chair Yoga
Chair Yoga is a modified version of traditional Yoga and offers all the same benefits. Yoga is an excellent way for older adults to loosen and stretch painful muscles, improve flexibility, reduce stress and improve circulation.
Supplies needed: A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Beth Gorman, Co-Owner and MSPT from Impulse Rehab and Wellness
Please read the waiver at the bottom of this email before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlfuuspjovH9ARX8N2wS_I5OmkAd1H1xm3
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Meeting ID: 848 9248 1554
Wednesday February 10 | 11:00am-12:00pm | Qi Gong Fitness
Qi Gong is a combination of chair and standing exercises that promote mobility and flexibility through all the joints in the body. It has been referred to as “oiling the joints”. These movements create suppleness and youthful vitality throughout the body.
Supplies needed: A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Tom Wilkens, Owner – Dancing Cranes
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdeqorzgsH9R5bv3m19ae8hHarani074w
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 831 2301 3650
Friday February 12 | 9:00-10:15am | AMITA & Act II Special Program - Interventional Pulmonology: From the COVID Front Lines
Presenter: Dr. Sara Greenhill - Interventional Pulmonology
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Meeting ID: 838 2746 3916
Friday February 12 | 11:15am-12:15pm | Senior Strong Fitness
Let us help you stay fit while you sit. Bringing sensible and functional fitness to seniors everywhere. Enjoy workouts from the comfort of your home with your friends and family.
Supplies needed: A couple of hand weights or alternative weights such as two full water bottles. A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Alan Vitelli, ATC - Jackie Errico Fitness LLC
Please read the waiver at the bottom before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqceGppjgoHdfpri2WrppZMa8k8UqAS6GV
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Meeting ID: 817 6818 3273
Monday February 15 – No programs today in observance of Presidents’ Day
Tuesday February 16 | 1:00-2:00pm | Core Conditioning
Core Conditioning focuses on strengthening your abdominals and the surrounding muscles that support your spine. This class will re-engage core muscles to improve daily endurance, improve posture and prevent injury.
Supplies needed: A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Maryann Hilsen, Co-Owner and MSPT from Impulse Rehab and Wellness
Please read the waiver at the bottom before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlfuuspjovH9ARX8N2wS_I5OmkAd1H1xm3
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 848 9248 1554
Thursday February 18 | 10:00-11:00am| Aspired Living presents: Straight Talk COVID-19 Vaccines
During this interactive webinar, a pharmacist will discuss the available options for COVID-19 vaccines - how they work; what you should expect when you get vaccinated plus additional vaccines appropriate for adults.
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes.
Instructor: Patricia L. Johnson, RPh, PMP and Director of Partner Success, Medication Management PARTNERS, sponsored by Aspired Living, LaGrange
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdO6spzkqH9BIJAv4LqfqG2TPRbvrcGZ5
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Meeting ID: 821 3749 2054
Friday February 19 | 11:15am-12:15pm | Senior Strong Fitness
Let us help you stay fit while you sit. Bringing sensible and functional fitness to seniors everywhere. Enjoy workouts from the comfort of your home with your friends and family.
Supplies needed: A couple of hand weights or alternative weights such as two full water bottles. A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Alan Vitelli, ATC - Jackie Errico Fitness LLC
Please read the waiver at the bottom before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqceGppjgoHdfpri2WrppZMa8k8UqAS6GV
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Meeting ID: 817 6818 3273
Monday February 22 | 9:30-10:30am | Coffee & Conversation Support Group - a virtual space fostering connection, openness, and overall well-being during COVID19
This online group aims to be a positive way for everyone to start the week. It will be a semi-structured biweekly time for those who wish to actively share around struggles they are experiencing and strategies they are using to find gratitude, hope, and resilience in this unconventional time.
*NOTE Coffee and Conversation meets on the SECOND and FOURTH MONDAYS of each month at 9:30
Facilitator: Mackenzie Busse, LSW - Aging Care Connections
Join by telephone OR by Zoom for this program
Telephone option for joining: Phone #: 312-626-6799, Meeting ID: 886 5913 9265, Telephone password: 464520
Zoom option for joining: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88659139265?pwd=WWR4V0VtL2dMUjl6cE01d3pjSitxQT09 | Zoom password: awn123 | Meeting ID: 886 5913 9265
Monday February 22 | 2:00-3:00pm | 5 Elements for Health & Vitality ~ Class Three: Fire
According to Chinese medicine, there are five elements that are the basis of the world we live in and provide a multidimensional view of life. This knowledge offers a diagnostic framework to recognize where imbalances in our body, mind, emotions and spirit lie. Join our weekly discussion of the 5 elements as we focus on the 3rd element, FIRE and how it can help improve your health and vitality! At the end of class, enjoy some Zen with a short meditation related to that element.
5 Part Series – Join as many as you’d like! | Mondays at 2:00pm | February 1 – March 8 | No class on February 15 (Presidents’ Day)
Session 1: Water – 2/1; Session 2: Wood - 2/8; Session 3: Fire – 2/22; Session 4: Earth – 3/1; Session 5: Metal – 3/8
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes.
Presenter: Ninetta Keenan, AOBTA, CP, LMT; Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Practitioner of Asian Bodywork Therapies
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Meeting ID: 833 2106 7217
Tuesday February 23 | 1:00-2:00pm | Boot Camp for Bone Density
A key ingredient to building bone density and preventing bone loss is weight bearing exercises. Grab your weights for some low impact exercises to strengthen and “load your bones”.
Supplies needed: A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Beth Gorman, Co-Owner and MSPT from Impulse Rehab and Wellness
Please read the waiver at the bottom of this email before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlfuuspjovH9ARX8N2wS_I5OmkAd1H1xm3
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 848 9248 1554
Wednesday February 24 | 11:00am-12:00pm | Qi Gong Fitness
Qi Gong is a combination of chair and standing exercises that promote mobility and flexibility through all the joints in the body. It has been referred to as “oiling the joints”. These movements create suppleness and youthful vitality throughout the body.
Supplies needed: A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Tom Wilkens, Owner – Dancing Cranes
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdeqorzgsH9R5bv3m19ae8hHarani074w
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Meeting ID: 831 2301 3650
Wednesday February 24 | 2:00-3:00 PM | Leslie Goddard Presents: Nancy Drew The History of America’s Favorite Teen Sleuth
Ninety years ago, a plucky girl detective stepped out of her blue roadster and into the hearts of readers. The brainchild of publisher Edward Stratemeyer, Nancy Drew proved that a strong heroine with style and bravery could win huge popularity. Join historian Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., to explore the history of America’s favorite girl detective. Who was Carolyn Keene, author of the series? Why did this girls’ book series, more than any other, captivate generations of readers?
Presenter: Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., Historian
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Meeting ID: 868 7563 1533
Thursday February 25 | 10:00-11:00am| Tips on How to Prevent Consumer Fraud & Identity Theft
Join OAG (Office of the Attorney General) to learn about new scams and how to avoid them, find out how you can escape identity theft, hear about consumer complaint process that can help you get your money back from a business or provider that uses questionable business practices.
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes
Presenter: Iwona Przonak Garcia, Office of Attorney General Community Liaison
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Meeting ID: 821 3749 2054
Friday January 26 | 11:15am-12:15pm | Senior Strong Fitness
Let us help you stay fit while you sit. Bringing sensible and functional fitness to seniors everywhere. Enjoy workouts from the comfort of your home with your friends and family.
Supplies needed: A couple of hand weights or alternative weights such as two full water bottles. A sturdy chair with no arm rests and no wheels. Please make sure your chair is on a flat and stable surface, and there is space around you for the exercises.
Instructor: Alan Vitelli, ATC - Jackie Errico Fitness LLC
Please read the waiver at the bottom before joining this exercise class
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqceGppjgoHdfpri2WrppZMa8k8UqAS6GV
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 817 6818 3273
Upcoming Programs
- Monday March 1 | 2:00-3:00pm | 5 Elements for Health & Vitality ~ Class four: Earth
- Tuesday March 2 | 1:00-2:00pm | Tuesday Fitness
- Thursday March 4 | 10:00-11:00am | Hand-Eye Coordination
- Friday March 5 | 11:15am-12:15pm | Senior Strong Fitness
- Friday March 5 | 3:00-5:30pm | Act II Flicks on Friday - Brooklyn
- Monday March 8 | 2:00-3:00pm | 5 Elements for Health & Vitality ~ Class five: Metal
- Tuesday March 9 | 10:30-11:30am | Bingo
- Tuesday March 9 | 1:00-2:00pm | Tuesday Fitness
- Thursday March 11 | 10:00-11:00am | Oral Health
- Friday March 12 | 9:00-10:00am | Act II Presents: Rick Pickren’s Celtic Cowboy Live Concert
- Friday March 12 | 11:15am-12:15pm | Senior Strong Fitness
- Tuesday March 16 | 1:00-2:00pm | Tuesday Fitness
- Thursday March 18 | 10:00-11:00am | Estate Planning
- Friday March 19 | 11:15am-12:15pm | Senior Strong Fitness
ALL CLASS PARTICIPANTS - PLEASE READ THESE IMPORTANT NOTES:
- If you have any questions about the AWN classes please email AWN@agingcareconnections.org.
- Aging Care Connections is still operating and available to assist you with services and support, including comprehensive care coordination, home delivered meals, emergency supplies or food due to the COVID crisis, and information & assistance. Please call us at 708-354-1323 if you, a friend, or family member needs support or services.
- Is this your first time using Zoom? Scroll to the bottom of this email for instructions on how to join classes using Zoom on your computer, tablet, or smartphone.
- If you would like a reminder email for each class, please email AWN@agingcareconnections.org to be added to the reminder list.
- Feel free to invite your friends, family, neighbors, both near and far to join our classes! Everyone is welcome to join. No registration required!
- Please help us to meet our grant funders data reporting requirements by completing the short survey when asked at the end of some of our classes. All responses are anonymous.
- We are so glad you are joining us! “See” you in class! 😊
WAYS TO JOIN CLASSES VIA ZOOM
Join by computer
- A few minutes before your class is scheduled to start, click the Zoom link for the class you want to join.
- Next, click the “Zoom…exe” link that will appear on your computer screen. Zoom should direct you to this link with an arrow in a large orange box on your screen. After you click the link, Zoom should automatically and quickly download the Zoom software to your computer. (Note – you only need to do this step the first time you use Zoom on your computer)
- Click on the “Open Zoom Meetings” box
- Once Zoom has launched, a screen should pop us asking for your name. This will identify you during the class.
- You should now be part of the class. Click the button that says “Join with Computer Audio”
- Please make sure that your device’s speaker is on and the volume turned up so you can hear the instructors.
Join by tablet or smartphone
- If you choose to use your tablet or smartphone, be sure to download the Zoom app ahead of time.
- Once you have downloaded the Zoom app, follow the “Join by computer” instructions above.
Notes for all of our new online classes
- Please click on the link to join the sessions BEFORE the scheduled start time to allow time for your computer or device to connect.
- We will open up our Zoom meeting rooms 5 minutes before each class is scheduled to start.
- When the class actually starts, we will mute everyone so we don’t all hear each other’s background noise or the sound of new people coming into the class. You will hear and see the instructor however.
Offering AWN classes using Zoom is new to us and to most of our instructors. We welcome you to join us on this adventure of using new ways to connect and to learn! Please be patient as we work through any technical glitches that may arise.
Waiver for joining Tuesday and Friday Exercise Classes
This Agreement is entered into between Aging Care Connections and all Aging Care Connection members/attendees with Jackie Errico Fitness (Studio) and Impulse Rehab and Wellness(Studio). ASSUMPTION OF RISK: You agree that if you engage in any physical exercise or activity, including personal training, group training, and virtual workouts, or enter our premises or use any facility or equipment on our premises for any purpose, you do so at your own risk and assume the risk of any and all injury and/or damage you may suffer, whether while engaging in physical exercise or not. This includes injury or damage sustained while and/or resulting from using any premises or facility, or using any equipment, whether provided to you by Studio or otherwise, including injuries or damages arising out of the negligence of Studio , whether active or passive, or any of Studio’s affiliates, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns. Your assumption of risk includes, but is not limited to, your use of any exercise equipment (mechanical or otherwise),, sidewalks, parking lots, stairs, or any equipment. You assume the risk of your participation in any activity, class, program, instruction, or event, including but not limited to weightlifting, walking, jogging, running, aerobic activities, or any other sporting or recreational endeavor. You agree that you are voluntarily participating in the aforementioned activities and assume all risk of injury, illness, damage, or loss to you or your property that might result, including, without limitation, any loss or theft of any personal property, whether arising out of the negligence of Studio or otherwise. If you are engaged in online training, you acknowledge that you are not being monitored by any trainer and that there is no liability to the trainer, facility or studio if there is an injury sustained.
RELEASE: You agree on behalf of yourself (and all your personal representatives, heirs, executors, administrators, agents, and assigns) to release and discharge Studio (and Studio ’s affiliates, related entities, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns) from any and all claims or causes of action (known or unknown) arising out of the negligence of Studio, whether active or passive, or any of Studio ’s affiliates, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns. This waiver and release of liability includes, without limitation, injuries which may occur as a result of (a) your use of any exercise equipment or facilities which may malfunction or break, (b) improper maintenance of any exercise equipment, premises or facilities, (c) negligent instruction or supervision, including personal training, (d) negligent hiring or retention of employees, and/or (e) slipping or tripping and falling while on any portion of a premises or while traveling to or from personal training, including injuries resulting from Studio’s or anyone else’s negligent inspection or maintenance of the facility or premises, (e) training you undertake that is online only without the supervision of a trainer. The trainer will provide step by step instruction on completing the exercise in a safe manner but cannot monitor you while you are completing these exercises. If you are unable to complete the exercise due to physical limitation or lack of understanding DO NOT attempt. If you do attempt, you will be liable for any injury sustained.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: You expressly agree that the foregoing release, waiver, assumption of risk agreement is intended to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by the law in the State of Illinois and beyond, and that if any portion thereof is held invalid, it is agreed that the balance shall, notwithstanding, continue in full legal force and effect. You acknowledge that you have carefully read this waiver and release and fully understand that it is a release of liability, express assumption of risk. You are aware and agree that by executing this waiver and release, you are giving up your right to bring a legal action or assert a claim against Jackie Errico Fitness's negligence, or for any defective product used while receiving personal training, group training, or virtual training from Jackie Errico Fitness . You have read and verbally agree to the waiver and release, and will allow the AWN Online Fitness Classes to be recorded and published for future use, and further agree that no oral representations, statements, or inducement apart from the foregoing verbal agreement have been made.