What is Health Promotion?
Health Promotion is the process of enabling people to have more control over their health. With our interactive workshops and education sessions, we provide you with a variety of topics from diabetes to self-management programs.
Our diverse and fully trained staff conduct community outreach, create community awareness and engage older adults and seniors in chronic diseases prevention, and self-management, crime prevention, personal safety, and community participation. Program activities are offered in collaboration with community partners
What does the Health Promotion department offer?
- Interactive, informative, and fun workshops and education sessions
- Monthly fruit and veggie markets (occurring on-site in the Recreation Room, occurring once or twice monthly)
- Active Living fairs
What Programs are available for you to join?
Seniors and Law Enforcement Together, (S.A.L.T.) is a partnership of seniors in the community, Toronto Police 42 Division and SPLC. The S.A.L.T. Committee develops community programs to address the needs of seniors in the community such as crime prevention, public safety, victim services and personal planning. S.A.L.T. works with partners in the community, including seniors’ community services providers to increase seniors’ awareness and capacity of addressing such issues. It is a volunteer, community-based organization designed to meet the needs of seniors in Scarborough by addressing their crime and safety concerns. The goal is to raise awareness on potential crime related issues and to empower seniors to reduce their victimization. The S.A.L.T. committee meets regularly to plan and offer virtual workshops.
Volunteering from Home Project creates amazing opportunities for older adults and youth volunteers to utilize their talents, skills, knowledge, and time by learning and adapting to new ways of making meaningful connection through phone, writing, arts and craft and internet to offer specific COVID-19 relief and recovery activities for isolated seniors. The project develops a variety of virtual programs including E-volunteering, phone pals, pen pals and designing greeting cards. It aims to train and support existing and new volunteers to become confident in their volunteer role during and after pandemic. This project is funded by Government of Canada, New Horizons for Seniors Program.
Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (offered in partnership with Central East Home and Community Support Services based on the Stanford University Model). We offer a 6-week workshop series on Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain, and Living a Healthy Life with Diabetes in English, Chinese, and Tamil. This program is available for both, individuals dealing with these conditions, as well as caregivers. Participants will learn skills and tools including healthy eating plans, developing goals, problem-solving skills and managing medication to effectively communicate with doctors to manage their chronic conditions.
Falls Prevention Program
A series of Fall Prevention Home Exercises and workshops are offered to prevent falls among older adults, and seniors.
- Assess your fall risks
- Learn easy to do exercises that you can do at home to improve balance
- Connect to resources and support
COVID-19 program changes
SPLC is offering virtual/phones program during the pandemic. Other available programs for participants to share, learn, and support each other include:
- Telephone Wellness/ Support Groups/ Conversation Circles in English, Mandarin, Tamil, and Korean
- YouTube videos on active and healthy living
How do I register?
To find out more information about Health Promotion programs, or our contact Elsa at ext 305 or email: elsa@splc.ca
Who runs the program?
Our programs are run by an experienced trained facilitator and or trained Peer Leaders.
How can you learn more about Health Promotion programs at SPLC?
If you’d like to learn more, join a workshop, or attend an education session / event, please contact our main line at 416-493-3333, or contact our Health Promotion Lead Elsa Uy at elsa@splc.ca. Also, check our events calendar for upcoming health promotion event.
