The Centers at St. Camillus
St. Camillus is a not-for-profit healthcare facility featuring comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services including subacute and brain injury rehabilitation programs; continuing care; outpatient rehabilitation, home healthcare; medical transport and a variety of other support services. Located in the Westvale area of Syracuse, New York, the integrated teams of healthcare professionals at St. Camillus are dedicated to caring for life.
Wellness and Prevention at St. Camillus: About one-half of the people over the age of 65 in our community sustain a fall each year. Fortunately the majority of these falls are non-injurious. However falls are an indication of a decline in strength and balance, a preventable decline that if left unchecked will result in mobility disability. Other indications of a decline in fitness include a slower walking speed, difficulty going up stairs, using your arms to get up out of a chair and earlier and more noticeable levels of fatigue. Fitness is a multifaceted concept that includes not only cardiovascular endurance and muscle strength, but also good nutrition and an alert and engaged mind.
St. Camillus is interested in helping adults in our community age more successfully. We offer both educational and fitness programs that help prevent or minimize losses of balance and mobility, the onset of memory loss and the pain that often accompanies arthritis.
Educational programs include wellness and prevention lectures on the power of exercise, nutritional aspects of aging, purposeful living (vocation/ volunteering to promote successful aging), spirituality, and memory retention. Other topics include: living with arthritis, managing low back pain, what to expect from your total joint replacement and how to get the most out of an exercise program.
Exercise classes are available for adults living in our community. The “Healthy Steps” program emphasizes strength, balance and preventing falls and functional loss. Our “Moving Forward” program is an exercise class that improves fitness in those who have had neurological problems including a stroke or a brain injury. And “Smooth Moves” is a dance class that improves muscle control and movement patterns for those who have Parkinson’s Disease. Optimal aging is St. Camillus’ goal for you. Join us, if aging gracefully and productively is your goal.
Healthy Steps:
The Healthy Steps Exercise Class offers a fitness program for older adults. This class helps participants to improve their strength and balance and increase their vitality.
Moving Forward:
Moving Forward is a fitness program for persons who have a neurological deficit resulting from a stroke or brain injury. The program addresses overall fitness, but focuses on the problems most commonly seen with neurological disabilities. Participants gain social, educational and health related benefits. Click here for current class info.
Smooth Moves:
Smooth Moves offers a dance class for older adults. This class helps participants improve balance and
enhance flexibility in a fun social setting. Click here for current class info.
The goal of these programs is to prevent or minimize mobility disability, balance deficits and fall risk.
Admissions/Referrals
For more information on any of these programs call 315-488-2112.
E-mail: info@st-camillus.org