LifePath’s Healthy Living Fall 2022 Workshops 

These evidence-based workshops provide information and practical skills for people living with long-term health conditions to better manage our health and improve the quality of our lives.

Live Video Conferencing Workshops offer the full interactive curriculum but on a Zoom platform, with books and handouts mailed to your home and technical support for those new to video conferencing. Telephone Workshops offer weekly phone calls with 4 or 5 others to learn and practice new skills and talk about weekly goals with books, tip sheets, and handouts mailed to your home.

Living Well with Long-Term Health Conditions

Live Video Conference

Topics include healthy eating, relaxation techniques, communicating, goal-setting, problem solving, and more.

Tuesdays, October 10–November 22, 6:00–8:30 p.m.

Tomando Control de su Salud
(Living Well with Long-Term Health Conditions—Spanish)

Live Video Conference

Techniques to deal with symptoms of chronic conditions, such as fatigue, pain, sleeplessness, shortness of breath, stress, and emotional problems, presented in Spanish in ways that are culturally appropriate.

Tuesdays, October 6–November 17, 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m.

A Matter of Balance–Managing Concerns About Falls

TWO in-person workshops

Teaches practical strategies to reduce the fear of falling and explores medical, behavioral, and environmental risk factors for falls, stressing the importance of developing an exercise plan.

Athol Senior Center, Wednesdays, September 21–November 16 (skipping Oct. 5 for Yom Kippur), 1–3 p.m.
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Gill-Montague Senior Center, Tuesdays, September 20–November 15 (skipping Nov. 8 for Election Day), 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Healthy Eating for Successful Aging

Live Video Conference

Teaches the “My Plate” guidelines, nutrition basics, label reading, meal planning, goal setting, and problem solving for adults hoping to improve their nutrition in order to lose/gain weight, lower cholesterol, manage blood sugar levels, or live well with any chronic condition.

Fridays, October 7–November 18, 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m.

For more information or to register, contact Andi Waisman, Healthy Living Program Manager, at 413-773-5555 x2297 or 978-544-2259 x2297, or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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