DESCRIPTION: Classes and workshops on how to make decisions that can help your health as you get older or as a caregiver helping others. The programs have been tested through research and by real-world participants.

DESCRIPTION: Treatment and education designed to maintain or improve a person's physical, intellectual and social health. Services can be provided on a short-term or long-term basis. MORE INFORMATION Offers physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and cardiac rehabilitation

DESCRIPTION: Recreational activities for older adults to create social connections, learn new things and improve their general well-being. MORE INFORMATION The YMCA ForeverWell program is designed for active older adult members through a variety of opportunities to get active, stay fit and be social. * Wellness Program for Active Older Adults (ages 55+) * Activities for mind, body and spirit * Community-based and educational * Indoor and outdoor activities * Promoting healthy lifestyles * Alleviating boredom and isolation * Promoting social well-being and volunteerism

DESCRIPTION: Providers with a comprehensive home care license are licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health. These services are for people who, because of an illness, disability, or physical condition, cannot perform the tasks for themselves, or who cannot travel to receive health services. A licensed comprehensive home care agency may provide the services of licensed health professionals such as: * Nurses * Physical, speech-language, and occupational therapists * Dieticians or nutritionists * Social workers The services may include medication management; complex medical care like tube feedings and ventilator care; hands-on assistance with transfers and mobility; treatment and therapies; assisting clients with eating when the clients have complicating eating problems; and other health-related procedures. Sometimes health-related tasks are delegated to and performed by unlicensed personnel under the supervision of a registered nurse or other licensed health professionals. Home care providers with a comprehensive license also assist people with non-medical tasks, such as going to the bathroom, bathing, and transferring from one location to another. In addition, some home care providers with a state-issued comprehensive license are Medicare certified. Medicare certification indicates that the agency has met additional federal standards and inspections. Medicare certification can be important if the person getting services seeks payment from insurance or Medicare. Check under Licenses and Certifications to see if this agency is Medicare certified.

DESCRIPTION: Classes and workshops on how to make decisions that can help your health as you get older or as a caregiver helping others. The programs have been tested through research and by real-world participants. MORE INFORMATION Offers classes for healthy aging: * A Matter of Balance

DESCRIPTION: Classes and workshops on how to make decisions that can help your health as you get older or as a caregiver helping others. The programs have been tested through research and by real-world participants.

DESCRIPTION: Recreational activities for older adults to create social connections, learn new things and improve their general well-being. MORE INFORMATION Offers numerous programs for older adults including: * Active Older Adults Exercise Program * Group fitness programs * Noontime Noodles - lunch and health speaker series * Cards * SilverSneakers® fitness classes * ForeverWell programs

DESCRIPTION: Treatment and education designed to maintain or improve a person's physical, intellectual and social health. Services can be provided on a short-term or long-term basis. MORE INFORMATION Offers physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and cardiac rehabilitation

DESCRIPTION: Swing Bed is the term Medicare uses to describe a hospital room that can switch from acute care (hospital) status to skilled care (nursing home) status. A Swing Bed is a bridge from the hospital to home or to long-term care. Hospitals with Swing Beds participate in Medicare and are approved by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Medicare established coverage for "swing beds" in order to serve the needs of smaller communities and hospitals. Medicare Certified Swing Bed services are only available in Critical Access Hospitals and smaller hospitals in rural areas where there is a shortage of long-term care beds. A Swing Bed can be used to provide 24-hour skilled nursing care. Swing beds can also be used for individuals needing to rehabilitate from surgery, illness, or accident.

DESCRIPTION: Classes and workshops on how to make decisions that can help your health as you get older or as a caregiver helping others. The programs have been tested through research and by real-world participants. MORE INFORMATION Offers classes for healthy aging including: * Aging Mastery * A Matter of Balance * Bingocize * Cancer: Thriving and Surviving * Diabetes Prevention Program * Health Coaches for Hypertension * Living Well Chronic Pain * Living Well with Diabetes * Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives (PEARLS) * Walk with Ease Virtual classes may be available.

DESCRIPTION: Recreational activities for older adults to create social connections, learn new things and improve their general well-being. MORE INFORMATION The ForeverWell program is offered at YMCA locations across the state, and provides a combination of education, wellness classes, indoor/outdoor activities and social events, promoting healthy lifestyles for members who are 55+. Newsletters for each program in the metro area (https://www.ymcanorth.org/health__fitness/foreverwell/news_and_schedules_for_older_adults) are available online, discussing events and schedules for that location.

DESCRIPTION: Learn more about this service when paid for under waivers (http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/id_001906) in the Community-Based Services Manual.

DESCRIPTION: Classes and workshops on how to make decisions that can help your health as you get older or as a caregiver helping others. The programs have been tested through research and by real-world participants. MORE INFORMATION Provides classes: * A Matter of Balance * Living Well classes

DESCRIPTION: Classes and workshops on how to make decisions that can help your health as you get older or as a caregiver helping others. The programs have been tested through research and by real-world participants. MORE INFORMATION Offers classes for healthy aging: * Living Well with Chronic Conditions * Stay Active and Independent for Life (SAIL) * Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance

DESCRIPTION: Recreational activities for older adults to create social connections, learn new things and improve their general well-being. MORE INFORMATION The ForeverWell program is offered at YMCA locations across the state, and provides a combination of education, wellness classes, indoor/outdoor activities and social events, promoting healthy lifestyles for members who are 55+. Newsletters for each program in the metro area (https://www.ymcanorth.org/health__fitness/foreverwell/news_and_schedules_for_older_adults) are available online, discussing events and schedules for that location.

DESCRIPTION: Learn more about this service when paid for under waivers (http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/id_001906) in the Community-Based Services Manual.

DESCRIPTION: Classes and workshops on how to make decisions that can help your health as you get older or as a caregiver helping others. The programs have been tested through research and by real-world participants. MORE INFORMATION Offers EnhanceFirness classes, an arthritis and falls prevention program

DESCRIPTION: Recreational activities for older adults to create social connections, learn new things and improve their general well-being. MORE INFORMATION The ForeverWell program is offered at YMCA locations across the state, and provides a combination of education, wellness classes, indoor/outdoor activities and social events, promoting healthy lifestyles for members who are 55+. Newsletters for each program in the metro area (https://www.ymcanorth.org/health__fitness/foreverwell/news_and_schedules_for_older_adults) are available online, discussing events and schedules for that location.

DESCRIPTION: Recreational activities for older adults to create social connections, learn new things and improve their general well-being. MORE INFORMATION Offers numerous classes and activities that include: * Financial classes * Fitness classes * Defensive driving classes * Board and card games * Senior volunteers run the Roseville Gift and Craft Shoppe

DESCRIPTION: Classes and workshops on how to make decisions that can help your health as you get older or as a caregiver helping others. The programs have been tested through research and by real-world participants. MORE INFORMATION Offers classes for healthy aging: * Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance This is an online class.

DESCRIPTION: A hospice is a health provider that provides physical, emotional, and/or spiritual support to people who are terminally ill (cannot be cured and the person is expected to die as a result of the illness) and their families. The core services provided are nursing care, physician services, counseling services, and social work services. A hospice may be an agency or part of a larger organization. The care may be provided in a health care facility or as home care. Hospice home care may be continuous, or short term respite care (offering a break to the caregiver). This provider is subject to periodic health care inspection by the Minnesota Department of Health. Many hospices are also Medicare certified.

DESCRIPTION: Recreational activities for older adults to create social connections, learn new things and improve their general well-being. MORE INFORMATION The ForeverWell program is offered at YMCA locations across the state, and provides a combination of education, wellness classes, indoor/outdoor activities and social events, promoting healthy lifestyles for members who are 55+. Newsletters for each program in the metro area (https://www.ymcanorth.org/health__fitness/foreverwell/news_and_schedules_for_older_adults) are available online, discussing events and schedules for that location.

DESCRIPTION: A rural health clinic is a clinic located in a rural area designated as a shortage or medically-underserved area. It provides a broad range of diagnostic exams, tests and treatment services. The clinic staff includes one or more physicians and one or more physician assistants or nurse practitioners who provide primary medical care and outpatient health services. Services may include: * Primary adult and pediatric (child or adolescents) physician services, * Prenatal care * Dental care * Specialty medicine * Laboratory and radiological services * Allied support services like nutrition and health education Some rural health clinics may also offer public health services, such as immunizations and communicable disease screening and treatment. This provider is a Medicare Certified Rural Health Clinic and subject to periodic inspection by the Minnesota Department of Health.

DESCRIPTION: Classes and workshops on how to make decisions that can help your health as you get older or as a caregiver helping others. The programs have been tested through research and by real-world participants. MORE INFORMATION Offers classes for healthy aging: * A Matter of Balance * Living Well with Chronic Conditions * Living Well with Chronic Pain * Living Well with Diabetes * Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance

DESCRIPTION: Recreational activities for older adults to create social connections, learn new things and improve their general well-being. MORE INFORMATION The ForeverWell program is offered at YMCA locations across the state, and provides a combination of education, wellness classes, indoor/outdoor activities and social events, promoting healthy lifestyles for members who are 55+. Newsletters for each program in the metro area (https://www.ymcanorth.org/health__fitness/foreverwell/news_and_schedules_for_older_adults) are available online, discussing events and schedules for that location.