Wellness Initiative For Senior Education (WISE)
The WISE Program is a wellness and prevention program targeting older adults created by New Jersey Prevention Network (NJPN).
The WISE Program is designed to help older adults in New Jersey celebrate healthy aging, make healthy lifestyle choices and avoid substance abuse.
The curriculum is designed to take place once per week over a six-week period. Each lesson is two to three hours and includes breakfast or lunch.
Celebrating healthy aging and educating older adults by...
- Increasing Knowledge
- Participants will learn how their bodies age and how this process affects their ability to metabolize alcohol and medications.
- Participants will recognize the early signs and symptoms of depression.
- Increasing Social Support
- Participants will develop an appreciation for cultural and generational diversity, including their own increasing age.
- Participants will demonstrate increased social guidance and social integration.
- Positively Changing Behavior
- Participants will learn how their lifestyle choices and behaviors impact their health.
- Participants will learn how to use new tools and feel empowered to manage their healthcare, particularly regarding their use of medications.
Curriculum
Lesson One: Understanding the Changes Associated with Aging
Lesson Two: Aging Sensitivity
Lesson Three: Valuing Cultural and Generational Diversity
Lesson Four: Medication and the Older Adult
Lesson Five: Addiction, ATOD (Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs) and the Older Adult
Lesson Six: An Enhanced Quality of life