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!
Friday November 13 | 9:00-10:00am | Act II Presents: Cooking with Myra in a Bygone Era
The wit, wisdom and recipes of Myra will be featured during this loving homage of Trish’s grandmother. Enjoy cooking lessons, jokes, stories and quotes of a time gone by.
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes
Presenter: Trish Smithing, Speaker and Educator
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83827463916
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 838 2746 3916
Friday November 13 | 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/j/81768183273
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 817 6818 3273
Monday November 16 | 2:00-3:00pm | Nutrition & the Brain
Feeding your brain is more than just about food! Please tune in for an informational talk about nutrition and the brain. Learn the basics of neuroscience and how our nutrition impacts the overall ability of our brain to function.
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes
Presenters: Leigh Shea, MA CCC-SLP, IMPULSE Rehab & Wellness
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87175037823
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 871 7503 7823
Tuesday November 17 | 10:00-11:00am | Exploring the Generations: The Silent Generation
Join us for this special four-part series looking back at how social policies, shared historical moments, and ways of life contribute to generational characteristics and cultural shifts in the United States. Session 1: The Silent Generation: Born 1928-1945, this generation is currently ages 75-92. Raised in the time of the Great Depression and WWII, this relatively small generation helped shape pop culture.
Tuesdays at 10:00am | November 17 – December 8
Session 1: The Silent Generation – 11/17; Session 2: Baby Boomers – 11/24; Session 3: Gen-X – 12/1; Session 4: Millennials – 12/8
Presenter: Sandy Pastore, MSW; Owner - Mindful Innovations Consulting, LLC
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84689535666
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 846 8953 5666
Tuesday November 17 | 1:00-2:00pm | Core Conditioning Fitness Class
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/j/84892481554
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 848 9248 1554
Wednesday November 18 | 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/j/83123013650
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 831 2301 3650
Wednesday November 18| 2:00-3:00pm | Anette Isaacs Presents: Operation Freedom – The Berlin Airlift
It was perhaps one of the greatest adventures in American military history: the Berlin airlift of 1948-49! When Soviet troops closed all access routes to West- Berlin by land, sea, and rail, thus threatening the lives of 2,5 million people and provoking the first major international crisis of the Cold War, American General Lucius D. Clay did not hesitate and proceeded to build a bold and fantastic bridge across the sky, involving 700 planes and 250 000 flights over a period of 14 months! Join German Historian Anette Isaacs for a fascinating discussion of this exciting time in her country’s postwar history.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED - SPACES ARE LIMITED - YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK AND PASSWORD
To register and receive the Zoom link and password, email your request to awn@agingcareconnections.org, including your name and your phone number.
Thursday November 19| 10:00am – 11:00am | Medicare Patrol
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes
Presenters: Age Options
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82137492054
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 821 3749 2054
Friday November 20 | 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/j/81768183273
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 817 6818 3273
Monday November 23 | 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 | Zoom password: awn123
Meeting ID: 886 5913 9265
Tuesday November 24 | 10:00-11:00am | Exploring the Generations: Baby Boomers
Join us for this special four-part series looking back at how social policies, shared historical moments, and ways of life contribute to generational characteristics and cultural shifts in the United States. Session 2: Baby Boomers: Born 1946-1964, this post-war generation generated a lot of social change and continue to do so.
Tuesdays at 10:00am | November 17 – December 8
Session 1: The Silent Generation – 11/17; Session 2: Baby Boomers – 11/24; Session 3: Gen-X – 12/1; Session 4: Millennials – 12/8
Presenter: Sandy Pastore, MSW; Owner - Mindful Innovations Consulting, LLC
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84689535666
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 846 8953 5666
Tuesday November 24 | 1:00-2:00pm | Senior Stretch Fitness Class
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/j/84892481554
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 848 9248 1554
Wednesday November 25 | 2:00-3:00 PM | Leslie Goddard Presents: Remembering
Marshall Field’s at Christmas
We are excited to announce that Leslie Goddard will join us to share her illustrated lecture on Marshall Field’s at Christmas!
For many Chicagoans, no Christmas season was complete without a visit to Marshall Field’s, the city’s grande dame of department stores. This illustrated talk traces the store’s beloved holiday traditions, including the Walnut Room Christmas tree, the holiday window displays, the toy department, Cozy Cloud cottage, and the Christmas catalog. See family photos with Santa Claus over the years and peek behind-the-scenes at the employee party. And of course, meet Uncle Mistletoe and his family.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED - SPACES ARE LIMITED - YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK AND PASSWORD
To register and receive the Zoom link and password, email your request to awn@agingcareconnections.org, including your name and phone number.
Thursday November 26 | Happy Thanksgiving!
Monday November 30 | 2:00-3:00pm | Fall Prevention
1 in 4 Americans aged 65+ falls every year. There is evidence that with lifestyle adjustments, education, prevention strategies and community partnerships, the number of falls among seniors can be reduced substantially. Join us for a presentation on tips you can implement to reduce your risk of falling.
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes
Presenters: Beth Gorman, Co-Owner and MSPT from Impulse Rehab and Wellness
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87175037823
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 871 7503 7823
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.
Friday November 13 | 9:00-10:00am | Act II Presents: Cooking with Myra in a Bygone Era
The wit, wisdom and recipes of Myra will be featured during this loving homage of Trish’s grandmother. Enjoy cooking lessons, jokes, stories and quotes of a time gone by.
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes
Presenter: Trish Smithing, Speaker and Educator
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83827463916
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 838 2746 3916
Friday November 13 | 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/j/81768183273
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 817 6818 3273
Monday November 16 | 2:00-3:00pm | Nutrition & the Brain
Feeding your brain is more than just about food! Please tune in for an informational talk about nutrition and the brain. Learn the basics of neuroscience and how our nutrition impacts the overall ability of our brain to function.
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes
Presenters: Leigh Shea, MA CCC-SLP, IMPULSE Rehab & Wellness
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87175037823
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 871 7503 7823
Tuesday November 17 | 10:00-11:00am | Exploring the Generations: The Silent Generation
Join us for this special four-part series looking back at how social policies, shared historical moments, and ways of life contribute to generational characteristics and cultural shifts in the United States. Session 1: The Silent Generation: Born 1928-1945, this generation is currently ages 75-92. Raised in the time of the Great Depression and WWII, this relatively small generation helped shape pop culture.
Tuesdays at 10:00am | November 17 – December 8
Session 1: The Silent Generation – 11/17; Session 2: Baby Boomers – 11/24; Session 3: Gen-X – 12/1; Session 4: Millennials – 12/8
Presenter: Sandy Pastore, MSW; Owner - Mindful Innovations Consulting, LLC
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84689535666
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 846 8953 5666
Tuesday November 17 | 1:00-2:00pm | Core Conditioning Fitness Class
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/j/84892481554
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 848 9248 1554
Wednesday November 18 | 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/j/83123013650
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 831 2301 3650
Wednesday November 18| 2:00-3:00pm | Anette Isaacs Presents: Operation Freedom – The Berlin Airlift
It was perhaps one of the greatest adventures in American military history: the Berlin airlift of 1948-49! When Soviet troops closed all access routes to West- Berlin by land, sea, and rail, thus threatening the lives of 2,5 million people and provoking the first major international crisis of the Cold War, American General Lucius D. Clay did not hesitate and proceeded to build a bold and fantastic bridge across the sky, involving 700 planes and 250 000 flights over a period of 14 months! Join German Historian Anette Isaacs for a fascinating discussion of this exciting time in her country’s postwar history.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED - SPACES ARE LIMITED - YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK AND PASSWORD
To register and receive the Zoom link and password, email your request to awn@agingcareconnections.org, including your name and your phone number.
Thursday November 19| 10:00am – 11:00am | Medicare Patrol
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes
Presenters: Age Options
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82137492054
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 821 3749 2054
Friday November 20 | 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/j/81768183273
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 817 6818 3273
Monday November 23 | 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 | Zoom password: awn123
Meeting ID: 886 5913 9265
Tuesday November 24 | 10:00-11:00am | Exploring the Generations: Baby Boomers
Join us for this special four-part series looking back at how social policies, shared historical moments, and ways of life contribute to generational characteristics and cultural shifts in the United States. Session 2: Baby Boomers: Born 1946-1964, this post-war generation generated a lot of social change and continue to do so.
Tuesdays at 10:00am | November 17 – December 8
Session 1: The Silent Generation – 11/17; Session 2: Baby Boomers – 11/24; Session 3: Gen-X – 12/1; Session 4: Millennials – 12/8
Presenter: Sandy Pastore, MSW; Owner - Mindful Innovations Consulting, LLC
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84689535666
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 846 8953 5666
Tuesday November 24 | 1:00-2:00pm | Senior Stretch Fitness Class
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/j/84892481554
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 848 9248 1554
Wednesday November 25 | 2:00-3:00 PM | Leslie Goddard Presents: Remembering
Marshall Field’s at Christmas
We are excited to announce that Leslie Goddard will join us to share her illustrated lecture on Marshall Field’s at Christmas!
For many Chicagoans, no Christmas season was complete without a visit to Marshall Field’s, the city’s grande dame of department stores. This illustrated talk traces the store’s beloved holiday traditions, including the Walnut Room Christmas tree, the holiday window displays, the toy department, Cozy Cloud cottage, and the Christmas catalog. See family photos with Santa Claus over the years and peek behind-the-scenes at the employee party. And of course, meet Uncle Mistletoe and his family.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED - SPACES ARE LIMITED - YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK AND PASSWORD
To register and receive the Zoom link and password, email your request to awn@agingcareconnections.org, including your name and phone number.
Thursday November 26 | Happy Thanksgiving!
Monday November 30 | 2:00-3:00pm | Fall Prevention
1 in 4 Americans aged 65+ falls every year. There is evidence that with lifestyle adjustments, education, prevention strategies and community partnerships, the number of falls among seniors can be reduced substantially. Join us for a presentation on tips you can implement to reduce your risk of falling.
Supplies needed: Pen or pencil and paper in case you want to take notes
Presenters: Beth Gorman, Co-Owner and MSPT from Impulse Rehab and Wellness
Click this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87175037823
When prompted, enter this password: awn123
Meeting ID: 871 7503 7823
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.