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Bay Area Older Adult Community Resource of the Week – Always Active Program
This week’s “Bay Area Older Adult Community Resource of the week” to be featured is Always Active Program.
The Always Active program sits at On Lok 30th Street Senior Center in San Francisco. This program offers older adults and adults with disabilities the opportunity to take multi-component exercise classes that focus on mobility, muscle strengthening, balance, and flexibility. A popular course, Tai Chi for Fall Prevention and Arthritis, is a 12-week program proven to be effective in reducing risk of falls and injury, improving fitness levels, and empowering seniors to take control of personal health through lifestyle changes and maintain independence. For more information, please call Genny Pinzon at (415) 550 – 2291 or by email at gpinzon@onlok.org.

Vicky Tang Awarded Beeson K76
Vicky Tang, MD received a Beeson K76 for her project, titled, "Psychosocial vulnerability in older adults undergoing major surgery." The projects will identify psychosocial factors important to successful surgical recovery and help health systems understand how they can better support older patients through their surgical journey. Findings will also be used to inform the development of a psychosocial intervention with the goal of improving post-operative outcomes in older surgical patients.