Aging Well Workshop: Exercise – Why it Matters

January 15, 2025 / 10:00AM-11:00AM

Free

During this webinar workshop, you’ll explore why exercise is vital throughout your life, and even more so as you get older. You’ll uncover the numerous benefits you can expect from regular physical activity.
Presented by Dr. Joseph Rees, DO, Geriatric and Internal Medicine – Avera Health.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
• Summarize how exercise affects health and chronic diseases in older age.
• Discuss how exercise contributes to aging in place.
• Identify types of exercise that contribute to physical fitness.
• Review questions to ask your medical provider about exercise.
• Explore when it is safe/not safe to exercise.

This webinar, hosted at The Commons of Harmony Hill, is FREE and open to all to attend. It is published by SDSU Extension.