Project Enhance formerly Senior Wellness Project EnhanceFitness

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Project Enhance(formerly Senior Wellness
Project)EnhanceFitness
Senior Services 2208 Second Avenue Seattle, WA
98121 www.seniorservices.org Susan Snyder,
DirectorProject Enhance www.projectenhance.org
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Project Enhance Ensemble
EnhanceFitness(formerly Lifetime Fitness
Program)Enhance Wellness(formerly Health
Enhancement Program)
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Project Enhance Ensemble
Community health promotion programs designed for
older adultsEvidence-based proven to get
measurable improvements in health and well-being
of older adultsPowerful partnershipsAward-winn
ing
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EnhanceFitness Beginnings
1994 RCT UW, GHC, Senior ServicesSignificant
Improvement in physical functioning,
socialization, and decreased depression and
painOriginally developed to transition
participants from class to doing exercises at
home
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EnhanceFitness Intervention
Group exercise class, with exercises that
increase strength, flexibility, balance
and aerobic capacityOne hour 3 X week
Certified fitness instructors Participant and
program level outcome data collected, analyzed,
distributed
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EnhanceFitness Attributes
Strong partnership GHC, UW and Senior
ServicesSenior fitness benefit for GHC Medicare
members2003 NCOA Award for 1 of 10 Best PA
Programs for Older Adults in the
NationContinually refined and tested
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EnhanceFitness Sites
61 Washington sites (41 in King County) 30
national sites(OR, ME, MI, NY, FLA, TX, SC,
DC)3,042 total participants in 2004 (1,630
locally)18 growth between 2003 and 2004
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A Participants Testimonial
This program is my lifeline. I came here on the
recommendation of physical therapy while
undergoing treatment for knee problems, a broken
ankle and arthritis. The improvement has been
remarkable. I can once again walk 2 or 3 miles
with no difficulty.in fact, I am in better shape
than some of my friends who are 15 years
younger.-----Doris M., age 69
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Hmong/Laotian EnhanceFitness Site
-----Antonio P., age 74
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Project Enhance Contact
Susan Snyder, Director206.727.6297susans_at_senior
services.org www.projectenhance.org