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1. Health, Healing
and Wellness for
Seniors

2. This presentation was created by
Luba Rascheff for InterChurch
Health Ministries (ICHM) Canada.
2016
Caveat: The information in this presentation is presented as is, without warranty.
You assume any and all risks in acting upon any or all material presented. This
material is not a substitute for recommendations given to you by your physician.
By viewing this presentation, you agree not to hold ICHM Canada responsible for
your actions based on this presentation.

3. Health and Wellness
“Health and Wellness are topics of
growing interest to seniors who want to
look and feel their best. Seniors of today
are changing the definition of old age,
fuelled in part by exercise, healthy eating
and comfortable finances.”
Source: http://www.seniorlivingmag.com/health

4. Good Health
“As the population ages, there is a
growing need for better knowledge of
senior health care. Everyone wants to
approach old age with good health.”
Source: http://www.seniorlivingmag.com/health

5. Exercise
There are different types of exercise
that can help seniors stay healthy.
Here are a few examples:

6. Walking
Swimming
Gardening
Riding a bicycle
Praying

7. Walking in nature or
gardening is gentle
exercise that can help
you stay healthy.
Photography credit: Luba Rascheff

8. REGULAR CHECK-UPS & MONITORING
Regular visits to your physician are important
in staying healthy.
Monitoring your blood pressure is something
you can do at home. The American Heart
Association recommends this, but states that it
is not a substitute for regular visits to your
physician.
Source: The American Heart Association, www.heart.org/

9. Eating Well for Extended Living
What we eat is very important. New research
shows that there are two types of cholesterol:
HDL, good, and LDL, bad. This means that
Some fatty foods, like peanut butter, may
actually be good for us while others may be
bad. What is important is maintaining the
nutrients our body needs to feel re-energized
and youthful.
See: Good vs. Bad Cholesterol, www.heart.org

10. Image credit: Shutterstock.
Healthy, life-prolonging food
includes fish, olive oil, olives,
lemons and greens.

11. Social Engagement
Being part of community enhances wellness.
From the innermost circle of close family
and friends, to ever widening circles of
religious affiliations or clubs, we all need to
feel that we are part of, and contributing
toward, causes that are greater than
ourselves.

12. Image credit: www.sunriseready.com

13. Feeling Well
Being able to communicate with other
seniors in safe settings engenders
feelings of well-being. We are able to
share our experiences relationally.

14. Seniors enjoy coffee and conversation. | Image credit: alamy.

15. See: http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/sexuality-aging
Intimacy & Sexuality
Physical changes happen during the aging
process that can affect our ability to have
satisfying sex lives. The need for intimacy,
however, and/or the expression of sexuality,
does not stop as we age. Intimacy which
means “close familiarity or friendship” can,
but does not necessarily have to, be sexual.

16. Image credit: www.familiesforlife.sg

17. Source: ICHM Handbook & Resource Manual, p. 10.
Healing
InterChurch Health Ministries (ICHM)
Canada’s belief about healing is threefold.
1. Spiritual Healing
2. Grace to endure illness or infirmity
3. Removal of an illness or infirmity

18. Although our deepest desire may be
the removal of an illness or infirmity,
it does not always happen. This is
why God’s grace is healing in and of
itself.

19. Modified image credit: pocketfulofmotherhood.wordpress.com

20. Prayer
“Our prayers for one another are never to
be taken as substitutes for other ways
God heals us, such as through proper
medical attention.”
Source: ICHM Handbook & Resource Manual, p. 10.

21. “There is no simple connection between
faith and healing. God heals us in many
ways by grace, as a free gift. Faith
recognizes God at work but does not
constitute the single cause of healing.
Many people have great faith but are not
fully healed of visible infirmities.”
Faith
Source: ICHM Handbook & Resource Manual, p. 10.

23. Bibliography
ICHM Handbook & Resource Manual
For more information about InterChurch
Health Ministries (ICHM) Canada visit:
www.ichm.ca

24. Photography Credit for
background image:
“Untitled” by Luba Rascheff.