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Older Americans encouraged to get fit

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  • Home Health Corporation of America ("HHCA") began over 25 years ago in Broomall, Pennsylvania, and since that time the company has grown to include 21 branch offices in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Florida.
    Home Health Corporation of America ("HHCA") began over 25 years ago in Broomall, Pennsylvania, as a single home health agency known as Pennsylvania Home Health Services. Since that time, the company has grown to include 21 branch offices in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Florida.

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    Home Health Corporation of America is committed to providing the best home health care to its patients by clinicians who excel in their field. In the provision of home health care, we are dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of quality.

  • With expertise and compassion, the highly skilled professionals at HHCA provide home health care services that allow you or your loved one to remain as independent as possible.
    Home Health Corporation of America understands the importance of maintaining the highest levels of security and comfort in your home. With expertise and compassion, the highly skilled professionals at HHCA provide home health care services that allow you or your loved one to remain as independent as possible.

  • HHCA has designed a Performance Improvement ("PI") Program to effectively measure, assess and improve the care and services provided to the Company's patients.
    HHCA's mission is to provide the highest quality skilled home nursing service. Towards that end, the Company has designed a Performance Improvement ("PI") Program to effectively measure, assess and improve the care and services provided to the Company's patients.

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  • In order to provide complete clinical expertise to patients with Cardiovascular Disease, HHCA clinicians are updated with the most recent information and management techniques through continuing education.
    In order to provide complete clinical expertise to patients with Cardiovascular Disease, Home Health Corporation of America clinicians are updated with the most recent information and management techniques through ongoing in-services and continuing education.

  • With a clear understanding that diabetes is more difficult to manage than other chronic illnesses, our clinicians educate their patients and caregivers to help achieve balance in their lifestyles.
    With a clear understanding that diabetes is more difficult to manage than other chronic illnesses, our clinicians educate their patients and caregivers on monitoring procedures, achieving balance in their lifestyles and utilizing various community resources.

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    HHCA has assembled a team of health care professionals led by registered nurses to ensure that the needs of our Pulmonary Disease patients are met. Clinical personnel at HHCA enhance their field expertise by attending ongoing in-service and continuing education programs.

  • At HHCA, we are committed to recruiting, training, developing and retaining the best professionals in the home health care field. Our clinicians are trained in the latest techniques to manage your loved ones/patients.
    At HHCA, we are committed to recruiting, training, developing and retaining the best professionals in the home health care field. You can be assured that our clinicians are trained in the latest techniques to manage your loved ones/patients.

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- A new fitness campaign for older Americans has been introduced by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The Go4Life program is meant to encourage people 50 and older to become and stay active to improve their health.

Physical activity is the key for maintaining health and independence as people age, but regular physical activity is reported by only 30 percent of Americans aged 45 to 64; 25 percent of those aged 65 to 74; and 11 percent of those aged 85 and older, according to the NIH.

"If we want to become a healthy and fit nation, we need to increase the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of life," U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin said in an NIH news release. "Go4Life provides older adults with the tools and resources to get moving and keep moving. With the release of the National Prevention Strategy, we are moving our health care system from a focus on sickness and disease to a focus on wellness and prevention."

"You're never too old to increase your level of physical activity and exercise," National Institute of Aging Director Dr. Richard J. Hodes said in the news release. "Go4Life is based on studies demonstrating the benefits of exercise and physical activity for older people, including those with chronic health conditions. This new campaign reaches out to older people who traditionally have not embraced exercise and shows them ways that even those with physical limitations may be able to exercise safely as well."

The NIA will lead the campaign, which will also include other federal government agencies, nonprofit and other organizations, health care providers, insurers and corporations.

They will provide Go4Life web links and materials to their members, workers and customers and sponsor events or community activities meant to encourage older adults to get physically active.

The Go4Life website offers various resources, including specific exercises, success stories, free materials, and even virtual coaches to help motivate people.

More information

Here's where you can find the Go4Life website.

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