Evidence-Based Programs

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Below are some other Evidence-Based Programs we offer at different times throughout the year. If you are interested in hearing more about these, please fill out the interest form and a staff member will contact you. Interest Form here »

Enhance Fitness

Stay active and build strength with Enhance Fitness, a lively and effective program designed for older adults. This one-hour class, led by a certified instructor, incorporates strength training, flexibility, balance and cardio at a pace that works for you. Meeting three times a week for 16-weeks, this program helps improve cardiovascular health, increase flexibility, and boost overall well-being—all in a fun, supportive group setting!

Walk with Ease

Walk with Ease is a proven program designed to relieve pain and boost your health. Developed by the Arthritis Foundation, this evidence-based program helps you build a lasting walking routine with expert-backed techniques. Join us for this 6-week journey with a guided discussion and group walk that meets twice weekly. You’ll also walk once a week on your own, gradually increasing your endurance. If you can stand for 10 minutes without increased pain, you can succeed! Sessions take place indoors at the Liberty Community Center gymnasium —let’s walk toward better health together! Reserved for participants 60+. 

Tai Chi for Arthritis & Fall Prevention

Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention is an evidence-based program recommended by the Centers for Disease Control that incorporates Tai Chi principles for improving health and wellness, as well as being proven effective for fall prevention. Tai Chi works through improving balance, confidence and muscular strength and has been proven as one of the most effective approaches to preventing falls. This program will meet twice a week for one hour over the course of 8 weeks. Participants will learn 12 different Tai Chi moves throughout the program.

A Matter of Balance 

Many older adults experience a fear of falling. People who develop this fear often limit their activities, which can result in physical weakness, making the risk of falling even greater. A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls is a program designed to reduce the fear of falling and increase activity levels among older adults. The program includes eight two-hour small group sessions led by a trained facilitator. This nationally recognized program was developed at the Roybal Center at Boston University. During the class, participants learn to view falls as controllable, set goals for increasing activity, make changes to reduce fall risk at home and exercise to increase strength and balance. 

Diabetes Self-Management

The American Diabetes Association identifies this program as meeting the Diabetes Support Initiative criteria for support programming. Each session of the workshop is very interactive allowing participants to build confidence in their ability to manage their health and maintain active and fulfilling lives through mutual support and success. Workshops are 2.5 hours long and held once per week over a seven week period of time with plenty of socializing breaks built into each session.

Healthy Eating Every Day

Whether you’re looking for ways to improve the quality of what you eat, are you trying to balance calories to reach a healthy weight, need a total diet makeover or just a tweak here and there, Healthy Eating Every Day has the answers for you! This program will empower you to change your eating habits for a lifetime with fun and simple, whole-diet approaches that do not eliminate food groups or require you to cut out meals. Learn to identify and cope with triggers that lead to poor eating; identify methods to eat well when dining out; create shopping lists for healthy foods within your budget; read and understand food labels and eat a balanced diet that includes foods you enjoy.

Steps to Healthier Living with Chronic Conditions

This is an interactive evidence-based workshop designed for adults living with a chronic condition such as arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, as well as adults who care for someone with a chronic condition. This workshop focuses on helping adults manage their chronic conditions through goal setting; stress, anxiety and depression management, physical activity, healthy eating, appropriate use of medication and effective communication with health care providers, family and friends.

Steps to Healthier Living with Chronic Pain

This workshop will focus on helping adults manage their chronic pain through goal setting; techniques that help manage frustration, fatigue, isolation, and poor sleep, physical activity, healthy eating and appropriate use of medication, as well as, effectively communicating with health care providers, family and friends. Workshops are 2.5 hours long and held once per week over a seven week period of time with plenty of socializing breaks built into the workshops.

Aging Mastery Program  (AMP)

The Aging Mastery Program® (AMP) is a 10-week program designed to empower older adults to make and maintain small but impactful changes in their lives. The program was developed by the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and is currently being run in numerous organizations nationwide. Aging Mastery is a comprehensive and fun approach to living that celebrates the gift of longevity. Central to the AMP philosophy is the belief that modest lifestyle changes can produce big results and that people can be empowered to cultivate health and longevity. Equally important, the program encourages mastery—developing sustainable behaviors across many dimensions that will lead to improved health, stronger financial security, enhanced well-being, and increased connections to communities. The path to mastery is entirely individual. Individuals set their own goals and create their own pathways to these goals, opening the door to autonomy and purpose in the process.

Evidence Based Programs are funded in part by an award to the Missouri Association on Area Agencies on Aging  through a grant from Prevention and Public Health Fund given by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living.