Whether it is the internet, newspapers, social media, magazines or your doctor's office, strength training for older adults is becoming increasingly popular. We've been on track since the early 1990s knowing progressive resistance strength training is the key to longevity and good health. As a pioneer of strength training exercise programs for older adults, we've had a lot of articles written about our programs over the years. Geri-Fit has been featured on CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, the National Council on Aging's newsletter, the Administration on Aging's (AoA) website as a Tier III, evidence-based health promotion program, the Press Enterprise, the Southwest Riverside News Network, Topix, ABC news, West Side Leader, the Plain Dealer, Sun Newspapers, the Akron Beacon Journal, AAA, Readers' Digest, Newsday, Business Opportunities Handbook, Billboard Magazine, Crain's Business, the Jewish News, Country Review, the San Clemente Times, Orange County Register, the North County Times, Neighbors Newspaper, Patch, Menifee Buzz, the Valley Chronicle and many others. Geri-Fit has also been featured on WEWS News Channel 5, WKYC, WTAM and many other local and national television and radio shows.
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April 26, 2024 - Silver Souls, LLC will begin offering Geri-Fit classes this summer. We wish them much success!
April 9, 2024 - Linn County Library Dist. 1, Inc. in Kansas has chosen to have the Parker Library become licensed. Congratulations!
March 31, 2024 - St. Mary's County Government has added a new location to their license, namely the Loffler Senior Center located in Great Mills, Maryland. We wish them much success with the opening of their new location!
March 21, 2024 - Snowflake-Taylor Library in Show Low, Arizona will begin offering Geri-Fit video classes starting in April. Here's a
look at the classes.
March 12, 2024 - Shawnee and Topeka Libraries' Geri-Fit classes are still going strong! Their new Spring lineup for classes are getting attention in their local newspaper.
March 1, 2024 - Spring has definitely sprung across the U.S. with more and more libraries kicking off the new season offering Geri-Fit classes to their patrons....
Fountain Hill Independent and
Weirton Daily News to name a few.
February 15, 2024 - Geri-Fit welcomes Richwood Civic Center, part of the City of Columbus's umbrella license. Classes will begin this Spring.
February 4, 2024 - Does Geri-Fit improve memory loss? Yes, we'd like to think so and so do researchers who compiled study data since 2019 and
reported their findings. Completers that took the Geri-Fit exercise program since 2019 and have stayed with the program for 4+ years have noted "improved memory" in self-reported data surveys. The complete report will be available in the Fall of 2024. More good news to come!
February 3, 2024 - Geri-Fit is pleased to announce its partnership agreement with Alzheimer's Tennessee and Dr. Michael Chua of GeriHab Jackson (Tennessee) on a grant to study the effects of Geri-Fit and how the program can improve, halt and possibly even reverse dementia and Alzheimer's Disease in older adults.
January 30, 2024 - Geri-Fit welcomes NewMan Fitness Company, Geri-Fit's newest licensee in Virginia Beach, Virginia. We wish you much success offering the Geri-Fit program.
January 28, 2024 - The Senior Center Harrison County Council on Aging will be launching a new version of the Geri-Fit fitness program come this Spring. We are delighted to work with their new Director, Sherry Vorhies.
January 27, 2024 - The Brooke County Public Library and Follansbee Library have started their winter session of Geri-Fit as reported by the
Weirton Daily. We wish you continued success with the Geri-Fit program!
January 18, 2024 - Geri-Fit is becoming one of the fastest-growing memory programs for older adults. Dr. Michael Chua and Alzheimer's Tennessee have teamed up to become licensed in the Geri-Fit program. Jackson, Tennessee is the 413th licensed Geri-Fit location in the USA. GeriHab Jackson, Dr. Michael Chua's PT clinic, will offer Geri-Fit® classes at his state-of-the-art physical therapy clinic starting in February. We are excited to work with Alzheimer's Tennessee and Dr. Chua and wish them much success with the Geri-Fit program!
January 17, 2024 - A busy January it is! Geri-Fit welcomes
The Summit Family YMCA in Newnan, Georgia as a participating site for Christian City's CDSME 2023 grant. Welcome aboard!
January 10, 2024 - Geri-Fit welcomes its first licensee in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana.... Robin Schmadeke. We wish her much success in the start of her new Geri-Fit business!
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January 9, 2024 - Brooke County Public Libraries are kicking off the new year by starting a new Geri-Fit session at their West Virginia libraries. To read the article in the Weirton News,
click here.
December 28, 2023 - Garfield County Library (Garfield, Colorado) will begin a new evening Geri-Fit class today. Evening programming is becoming a hot new trend in libraries across the nation as demand for convenience scheduling continues. Efforts have begun in order to reach more older adults of the importance of strength training exercise. To read the article,
click here.
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December 18, 2023 Geri-Fit opens its
second Tucson location at First Christian Fellowship Church on Ironwood Hill Road.
December 13, 2023 - The Helm at the Boll Life Center in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan has signed a license agreement to offer Geri-Fit classes early next year.
December 10, 2023 - Nearly five years after our nationwide study on Virtual Geri-Fit commenced, Montrose and Donnellson Libraries (Iowa) are still going strong with some of the original study completers still attending class! You can read more about it in
this article.
December 8, 2023 - Claiborne Council on Aging of Homer, Louisiana will begin offering Geri-Fit strength training classes in January 2024. Claiborne marks Geri-Fit's second location in Louisiana.
December 7, 2023 - Winslow Library (Arizona), in cooperation with Northern Arizona Council on Aging (NACOG), will begin Geri-Fit classes in January 2024. We wish them much success!
November 17, 2023 - Dubois Branch Library in Iowa is starting up their
fall classes with Geri-Fit.
October 26, 2023 - Donnellson Library in Fort Madison, Iowa will be starting up their Geri-Fit classes again on November 6 as mentioned in the
Daily Democrat.
September 18, 2023 - Geri-Fit welcomes Camden County Health & Human Services who is our newest licensee in the State of New Jersey. We wish you much success offering the Geri-Fit evidence-based program for older adults.
September 13, 2023 -
Australians are keen on Geri-Fit as it continues to expand across the country! Tuggeranong Library will begin offering classes in October. To read the story,
click here.
September 11, 2023 - The U.S. Health and Human Services Department has compiled their
approved federally-supported programs and Geri-Fit has been added to the list!
Click here to read the Mid-Course Report that provides implementation strategies to increase physical activity among older adults.
September 8, 2023 - The Geri-Fit Company was featured in an article appearing in the September issue of Club Industry magazine, the fitness industry's most highly-respected periodical. To read the story,
click here.
August 31, 2023 - The Carl E. Sanders YMCA in Atlanta, Georgia will begin offering Geri-Fit classes this Fall. We're excited to expand our program into the great state of Georgia!
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August 14, 2023 - Get ready for National Falls Prevention week, September 18-24. Geri-Fit will be sponsoring several fall prevention presentations at various locations throughout the U.S. including this location that was posted on
LinkedIn. Great things in store!
August 2, 2023 - Somerset County in Pennsylvania has added a 7th location to their blanket license at the New Holland United Methodist Church in New Holland, PA. We wish them much success!
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August 1, 2023 - Geri-Fit will be leading a Fall Prevention presentation in Tucson Arizona on Tuesday, September 19 at 2 pm. The
event is free and open to older adults and their caregivers.
Atlanta is still blooming with Geri-Fit! As part of the license held by Christian City, Inc, Northwest Cobb YMCA will begin offering Geri-Fit classes this summer.
July 26, 2023 - Atlanta is blooming with Geri-Fit! As part of the license held by Christian City, Inc, Cowart Family YMCA will begin offering Geri-Fit classes this summer. We look forward to bringing Geri-Fit to Atlanta's YMCAs!
July 21, 2023 - Seniors are getting fit at Penrith Libraries' new Geri-Fit program in Australia! After completing a 12-week study on Geri-Fit's effectiveness at building back strength and improving balance, they've decided to continue on with it. Researchers at Curtin University launched the Geri-Fit program earlier this year at over two dozen libraries in Australia. To read the article,
click here.
July 18, 2023 - It's time to plan for National Fall Prevention Month! The Geri-Fit Company will be hosting a fall prevention workshop at the International Wildlife Museum in West Tucson on Tuesday, September 19 at 2:00 pm. Here is
more info about the event. View the event on
Patch.com.
July 17, 2023 - Geri-Fit welcomes the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library which will be offering virtual Geri-Fit classes to its patrons that live in Topeka, Kansas. Welcome aboard!
June 28, 2023 - Geri-Fit welcomes the Yakama Nation Area Agency on Aging as our newest location in the state of Washington.
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June 15, 2023 - Congratulations to our newest partners who were awarded grants for the 2023 Empowering Communities to Deliver and Sustain Evidence-Based Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs, HHS-2023-ACL-AoA-CSSG-0003. University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston (Texas) and Christian City (Georgia) chose the Geri-Fit program as their CDSME support program. We look forward to working with you during these next four years!
May 25, 2023 - University of Texas Medical Branch was one of ten awardees of the Health and Human Services CDSME grant number HHS-2023-ACL-AOA-CSSG-0003
Empowering Communities to Deliver and Sustain Evidence-Based Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs. Dr. Hani Serag will be heading the chronic disease management programs along with providing the Geri-Fit evidence-based CDSME support program at its five Galveston locations. Geri-Fit is honored to partner with UTMB on this four year project! To read the entire announcement,
click here.
May 24, 2023 - Pella Library (Iowa) is
in the news again featuring a new season of Geri-Fit classes at their library.
May 23, 2023 - Licensees Drs. Joseph and Katie Palmer have opened a Raleigh East, North Carolina Geri-Fit location! We wish them much success with the launch of their classes!
May 20, 2023 - Pella Library will begin offering Geri-Fit again at its library! To read the article in their local online newspaper, click here.
May 23, 2023 - Oskaloosa Library in Pella, Iowa continues to offer Geri-Fit virtual classes at its library. Now in its fourth year, this Iowa location continues to grow strong! Read the article
here.
May 18, 2023 - Geri-Fit is featured on Tucson Patch this week! View this
link.
May 9, 2023 - The upcoming Tucson Falls Prevention Presentation slated for May 15 is featured on Patch this week.
April 21, 2023 - The Geri-Fit Company will open its first Tucson location at the International Wildlife Museum in Tucson to service older adults living on Tucson's westside. To help kick off the new location, a free Falls Prevention Presentation will take place on Monday, May 15 at 2 pm. This is a sit, watch and learn presentation on things you can do around your home to make it more fall proof. There will also be a demonstration of a dozen strength training exercises that will help build muscle and improve balance. No participation required. To RSVP, call 1-888-GERI-FIT x1.
April 7, 2023 - Geri-Fit classes are going strong at Norwalk Easter Library in Iowa. Their local newspaper did a nice little write up about their classes.
March 29, 2023 - Geri-Fit expands to Montrose Library in Iowa! To read the article in their local newspaper, view this link.
March 27, 2023 - Fox News does a story on the Geri-Fit programs held through the Luzerne / Wyoming Counties' Area Agency on Aging (Pennsylvania.) To read about it,
click here.
March 19, 2023 - The NCOA introduced their new Programs Fidelity Hub page where the Geri-Fit program is listed as a CDSME program in the Fall Prevention, Nutrition and Physical Activity section. To read about how the evidence-based programs are ensuring high standards and quality assurance for program delivery, visit
this link.
March 17, 2023 - Norwalk Easter Library has begun Geri-Fit classes at their library. To read the article in the Des Moines Register, click here.
March 7, 2023 - Geri-Fit welcomes Montrose Memorial Library of Iowa who will begin offering Geri-Fit classes at the end of this month.
January 23, 2023 - Geri-Fit classes through Area Five Agency on Aging in Indiana is blazingly popular! Area Five has increased their license to reach six more locations within their area. So glad your seniors are loving this program! Continued success to you!!
January 17, 2023 - The White Mountain Herald covering news in Show Low, Arizona, reports that Geri-Fit classes will resume next week. Let's all start believing, that Covid is over!!! To read the article,
click here.
January 11, 2023 - The Daily Review for Holmes County General Health District (Ohio) announced the Fall Prevention programs and classes they're providing to their county residents. They offer a full array of programs, including Geri-Fit. For more information, view
this article.
January 2, 2023 - The Monroe Review, part of the USA Today network, featured an article about the Frenchtown Center where Geri-Fit classes will begin next week. To read the article,
click here.
December 29, 2022 - The Geri-Fit Company has achieved recertification as a certified woman-owned small business by the WBEC-West Chapter. This is our 10th year of being a certified WBE and WOSB. We are thankful to all of our new state partners especially New Jersey, Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. 2023 is going to be a great year for Geri-Fit!
November 22, 2022 - Funding Opportunity Announcement -- Two new funding opportunities are available for evidence-based programs. The
Chronic Disease Self-Management grant requires a physical activity support program, and Geri-Fit is listed as an eligible evidence-based program. Geri-Fit is looking to partner with county governments, AAAs, universities, libraries, non-profits and the like to expand Geri-Fit across the U.S. Please contact us if you need Geri-Fit to provide you with a Letter of Support for Funding Opportunity number HHS-2023-ACL-AOA-CSSG-0003.
Applications must be received by January 11, 2023.
November 18, 2022 - Somerset County Office on Aging & Disability Services has signed a license agreement with Geri-Fit to provide the Geri-Fit program at two locations in Somerville, New Jersey. We welcome you to the Geri-Fit family!
November 16, 2022 - Crab Orchard Library in Marion, Illinois will begin offering Geri-Fit classes next week. Here's a
brief story from their local newspaper.
November 15, 2022 - The City of Columbus, Ohio will begin to offer Geri-Fit classes the first part of January 2023. Congratulations to them!
November 10, 2022 - Licensed Geri-Fit instructor and Nurse Practitioner, Albert Telfer, has opened a new health / mental wellness center in Perris California called Global Integrated Health. We wish him much success in his new business venture!
October 31, 2022 - The Geri-Fit Company celebrates 27 years in being in business offering communities across the U.S. and Canada with our evidence-based bodybuilding program for older adults. Here's to the next 20 years!
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October 29, 2022 - Massena Public Library (New York) is celebrating its 125th birthday. The library has become the "living room of the community" offering a variety of fitness programs for its patrons, including Geri-Fit. To read the article that appeared in their local newspaper,
click here.
October 18, 2022 - Donnellson Library of Donnellson Iowa will start offering Geri-Fit video classes at their library in November. The State of Iowa remains most popular and has more libraries offering Geri-Fit classes than any other state in the U.S.
October 6, 2022 - Traditional Home Healthcare of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania has purchased a Geri-Fit license and will partner with providers in their area to offer the Geri-Fit strength training program at Throop Civic Center. Traditional Home Healthcare has been added to the other 40 Pennsylvania locations where Geri-Fit is offered.
October 4, 2022 - Florence Community Library will begin offering Geri-Fit and Golf-Fit video classes later this month. Florence is Geri-Fit's 28th
location in the State of Arizona!
September 30, 2022 - Harford County Maryland's classes have become one of their most popular evidence-based programs in their County. The participants have requested harder workouts to challenge themselves even more! Keeping up with consumer demand, Geri-Fit Online Training and Certification programs have launched an advanced course for current-certified Geri-Fit instructors to participate in and learn advanced bodybuilding exercises they can incorporate in their classes.
The Lebanon Senior Center in Lebanon, Oregon has become an official licensed Geri-Fit site and will begin offering classes in late September. We are excited to have you on board as the second location in the State of Oregon!
September 6, 2022 - Wheatfield Library in Wheatfield, Indiana will begin offering Geri-Fit classes in October. To read the article from the Rensselaer Republican Newspaper,
view here.
September 1, 2022 - The Coshocton Review announced today that Geri-Fit classes will begin later this month at the Coshocton County Senior Center. To read the article,
view here.
June 28, 2022 - The Geri-Fit program was mentioned in a published article in the July 2022 American Journal of Nursing publication. To read the article,
click here.
June 6, 2022 - A new first for Geri-Fit with the hopes that we have the opportunity to work with many Meals on Wheels across the Nation. Geri-Fit welcomes Pickens County Meals on Wheels of Liberty, South Carolina.
May 19, 2022 - West Point Library's video-led Geri-Fit classes are still going strong after three years! What a great group you've got!
May 17, 2022 - The City of Ashland Nebraska will be offering Geri-Fit virtual fitness training starting this summer.
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- Moving forward to a new office, we found some great articles of Geri-Fit's achievements over the years. This one in particular where Geri-Fit receives an
Honorable Mention from the National Association of Senior Centers (NISC) in 2016 for Geri-Fit's innovative fitness programming held at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center in Menifee, Calif. Kay Ceniceros was the first senior center in southern California to offer one-on-one Geri-Fit personal fitness training. It was a huge success for them.
April 30, 2022 - Clarion YMCA of Pennsylvania becomes Geri-Fit's 45th location in Pennsylvania to offer the Geri-Fit program. We look forward to working with you to bring this evidence-based program to your facility!
April 29, 2022 - Kinship Care Resource Center of Jonesboro, Georgia is the newest hosting site for Geri-Fit strength training classes. Jonesboro is the fourth licensed location in state of Georgia.
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April 23, 2022 - Steve Gwin, Director of Program Services for Area Five Agency on Aging in Logansport, Indiana, shares his
success story about his own 89-year-old mother who is participating in their local Geri-Fit class.
April 22, 2022 - Jackie Knott of Southport Senior Center in North Carolina wrote a wonderful article about her Geri-Fit class and the "shower door results" she and and her classmates achieved while enrolled in the Geri-Fit program.
Click here to read the article.
April 14, 2022 - The Spencer Daily newspaper reported that Spencer Library (Iowa) has resumed their Geri-Fit classes on Mondays and Fridays at 1 pm. Nice to see the program is still going strong after three years!!
March 4, 2022 -
Keokuk Library received a nice write up in their local newspaper. They have resumed Geri-Fit classes at their library. It's great to see our Nation getting back to normal!
March 1, 2022 - Area 12 Agency on Aging in Sonora, California will be offering the remote version of Geri-Fit called Geri-Fit Online.
February 28, 2022 - Area Five Agency on Aging in Logansport Indiana has upgraded their Geri-Fit license to include nine additional locations including Wabash County YMCA in Wabash, Indiana.
February 11, 2022 - Cadiz Senior Center will begin offering Geri-Fit video fitness classes next month. Great to have you on board as a hosting site for Geri-Fit! Brooke County Public Library's Geri-Fit video classes have become so popular, they now offer classes four days a week! We are happy the program is "working out" for you and that your patrons are enjoying it!
Oakland City Columbia Township Public Library will begin offering virtual Geri-Fit exercise classes next month. We are super glad to add your library to our growing network of public libraries throughout the U.S. that are offering Geri-Fit to their patrons. We wish you much success!
January 19, 2022 - Carol Kethcart will begin teaching Geri-Flex classes at Ruidoso Community Center in New Mexico starting January 26.
January 13, 2022 - New Missionary Baptist Church in Yspilanti Michigan is now offering Geri-Fit classes.
January 11, 2022
- A new Geri-Fit article was published today in The University of Chicago Press Journals where 535 older adult participants were involved in a 12-week study featuring the Geri-Fit workout. To read about the results of this 2019 study, click this link. Special thanks to Dr. Noah Lenstra, Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro for putting this together, and for his and his graduate students' hard work during this long three year project. We are forever grateful.
January 4, 2022 - Geri-Fit welcomes Wheatfield Public Library as the 11th licensed location in the State of Indiana.
December 6, 2021 - Certified and licensed Geri-Fit instructor Tara Gaynor is going to be offering Geri-Fit classes at numerous locations in the Scottsdale Arizona area starting in 2022. We welcome her to the team of licensed instructors that are building our network across the U.S. Congratulations!- Geri-Fit is coming to Detroit Michigan! Stay tuned for details as to the exact location.
November 18, 2021 - Exciting news for Tenessee! Geri-Fit will be opening soon in Union City. Melinda Underwood is now a Certified Geri-Fit licensee. January 11 update: Melinda will be teaching Geri-Fit at an assisted living facility in Union City.
November 11, 2021 - Geri-Fit congratulates Carol Kethcart as New Mexico's first Geri-Flex licensee. We wish you much success with your business venture!
November 2, 2021 - Geri-Fit welcomes Drs. Joseph and Katie Palmer of Raleigh, North Carolina who will be offering in-home personal fitness training and group Geri-Fit classes at select locations throughout the Raleigh North Carolina area.
October 28, 2021 - Brooke County Public Library is back in full swing offering Geri-Fit classes at their library, as reported by the
Weirton Times.
October 21, 2021 - Gilford Public Library has restarted their Geri-Fit program as reported by the
Laconia Daily Sun newspaper.
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October 15, 2021 - Rogers Public Library is the winner of the Arkansas Library Conference's raffle for a Geri-Fit Public Performance License. Congratulations!
October 5, 2021 - The Weirton Daily Times newspaper has
reported that Brooke County Public Library and Follansbee Public Library have resumed Geri-Fit classes at their libraries.
September 30, 2021 - Victor Public Library is back in full swing offering
Geri-Fit video fitness classes each week.
September 29, 2021 -
Macedon Library has resumed their Geri-Fit classes. Classes are going strong!
September 28, 2021 - Former Library Director of Slippery Rock Public Library, one of the 2019 Geri-Fit study sites, welcomes a new directorship position at Iroquois Library which is part of the Erie County Public Library System in Pennsylvania. To read the story,
click here.
September 16, 2021 - Kingsley Public Library in Kingsley, Iowa will be offering a full array of Geri-Fit video workouts starting in October. We wish them much success!
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September 2, 2021 -
Slippery Rock Library in Pennsylvania is back in full swing and offering Geri-Fit classes to its patrons. To read the article, click here.
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August 23, 2021 - Norwalk Easter Library in Norwalk, Iowa is our newest Geri-Fit partner. They'll be offering Geri-Fit classes starting September 13 at their library. We wish you much success!
August 13, 2021 - Crawford County Office on Aging UPDATE... Make that 21 people that have now enrolled. TWO time slots! Way to go!
August 11, 2021 - Toby Neal, Geri-Fit instructor for Crawford County Office on Aging, reports that they officially started their Geri-Fit classes today. 13 people enrolled in the program. At the end of the class, they said they loved it!
August 6, 2021 - Edgemere Senior Center is in the news again this time in the Dundalk Eagle in Baltimore County.
Click here to read the story.
August 5, 2021 - Crawford County's (Michigan) Avalanche hometown
newspaper reports that the senior center will be offering Geri-Fit starting this month! Hoo-ray!!
July 28, 2021 - Edgemere Senior Center in Baltimore County, Maryland was in the news. Their Geri-Fit program has really taken off and is one of their most popular programs. To read the article in the Dundalk Newspapers, click
here.
July 6, 2021 - North Olmsted Senior Center's (Ohio) Geri-Fit classes have started up in full swing. The popular senior center was again mentioned on
cleveland.com. North Olmsted was one of the very first locations to offer the Geri-Fit program in the U.S.A. Not only is the same instructor teaching class, but some of the original participants are still going strong! Congratulations on your 25th Geri-Fit anniversary!
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July 1, 2021 - Area Agency on Aging, Region One, Incorporated has expanded their Geri-Fit license to include an additional four sites bringing the total number of Geri-Fit hosting sites to 18 in the Phoenix area. We look forward to working with you!
June 24, 2021 - Geri-Fit welcomes its third licensed location in the state of Michigan: Crawford County Commission on Aging.
June 16, 2021 - New Hanover County (North Carolina) was in the news again! Their Geri-Fit classes are going strong with several participants in their upper 70's enjoying the strength training class. Here's the
article.
May 30, 2021 -
Pennsylvanian News Today wrote about their various senior centers and what classes and such they'll be offering starting in June. It's nice to see our Nation is opening up!
May 18, 2021 - Marion Public Library (Iowa) will begin to offer video-led Geri-Fit classes at their library this summer.
May 18, 2021 - Rolfe Library in Iowa has officially reopened and has begun offering Geri-Fit classes again. Great article and an even better photo! To read all about it,
click here.
May 17, 2021 - Shelby Senior Services is expanding to include more programming, like Geri-Fit classes. To read the article,
click here.
March 25, 2021 - The County Endowment Fund Program through the Community Foundation of Marshall County (Iowa) has awarded Gutekunst Public Libary with a grant to purchase a Geri-Fit license for their library.
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March 11, 2021 - Area 5 of Logansport, Indiana is now the 16th location in the state of Indiana to offer the Geri-Fit program. We wish them much success!
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- The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan joins Geri-Fit to provide this evidence-based program at their facility.
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January 25, 2021 - The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society recently published an article entitled
Promoting Healthy Aging During Covid-19 in which the Geri-Fit was mentioned as one of the remote-delivered programs. To read the article in its entirety, view
this link.
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January 18, 2021 -
Dr. Noah Lenstra of UNC and Fran Fisher of Geri-Fit presented at the National Council on Aging's 2020 Virtual Conference on June 9, 2020. Here is the archived recording of that presentation. To view the results of the 2019 study which had 535 older adults participating in this nationwide study, click here.
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January 15, 2021 - The Star Press, a division of USA Today, wrote a wonderful article on the new virtual Geri-Fit classes that are being offered through Lifestream Services in Muncie Indiana.
Click here to read the article.
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January 14, 2021 - Lifespan Resources out of New Albany, Indiana signs with Geri-Fit to offer DVD-led classes at the Joe Rhoads Senior Citizens Center in Corydon, Indiana.
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January 4, 2021 - Betty Tidd recently turned 75 and made a vow to do 75 new things in 2021. She is now on year 2 for Geri-Fit after starting at her local library to now doing it from home with our
Geri-Fit Online digitally-streamed workouts. Here's
a story about her wonderful month of December. So glad to see that Geri-Fit is still part of your life!
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January 2, 2021 - We've hardly begun the new year and North Carolina is already in the news as reported by the
News and Record newspaper from Greensboro, NC. Geri-Fit classes have shifted from being offered at the senior center and now instead classes are being held at the Madison-Mayodan Recreation Department. Geri-Fit is held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:30 am. Here's a
flyer about the classes.
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December 29, 2020 - North Carolina takes the lead again as the state with the most Geri-Fit locations. There are now 44 sites that offer Geri-Fit classes! 2021 is going to be an exciting year!
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December 17, 2020 - Lumber River Council of Governments in Pembroke, NC has added 10 North Carolina locations to its blanket license. We wish them much success in 2021.
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December 1, 2020 - Clarise Lim has become the first licensee of the Geri-Flex® program in Canada! We wish you much success with this stretching program which is not only for older adults, but for everyone!
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November 25, 2020 - The Clinton Review wrote a story about Clinton Library's (NY) efforts in providing an innovative way to participate in Geri-Fit at-home. To read the article,
click here.
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November 24, 2020 - Lifestream Services of Anderson, Indiana got a wonderful write-up in their local newspaper,
The Herald Bulletin, about Geri-Fit classes that will begin shortly. It's great to see some of our senior centers opening up again in the midwest.
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November 23, 2020 - Central Alabama Consortium on Aging has signed an extensive license agreement to offer Geri-Fit at 12 of its locations in 2021. Geri-Fit is excited to be in the Heart of Dixie!
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October 26, 2020 - Dr. Noah Lenstra of UNC got a paper published regarding the Geri-Fit study that was conducted in 2019.
Click here to review the article.
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October 15, 2020 - Effingham County Senior Citizens Center of Springfield, Georgia will be offering Geri-Fit Online classes at their senior center beginning in November.
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October 7, 2020 - Leonardtown Maryland is the 29th Maryland site to become licensed in the Geri-Fit program. The State of Maryland has officially become Geri-Fit's most popular state!
October 2, 2020 - Frankford Library in Delaware is the winner of the 2020 Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) raffle! They will receive a Public Performance License and three Geri-Fit workout videos as well as 10 in-home subscriber packages. Congratulations!
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September 30, 2020 - Lifestream, Inc. of Yorktown, Indiana will be offering Geri-Fit video classes at six of their locations in Richmond, Cambridge City, Centerville, Farmland, Muncie and New Castle in 2021.
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September 28, 2020 - Garvey Senior Center of Leonardtown, Maryland has officially become licensed in the Geri-Fit strength training program for older adults. They will also be utilizing the BTracks postural sway testing device on all participants of their fall prevention and evidence-based classes. We wish them much success with the reopening of their senior center and the launching of this great exercise program!
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September 4, 2020 - Cleveland always seems to be way ahead of the pack! Geri-Fit classes are now being held outdoors at the North Olmsted Senior Center in North Olmsted, Ohio. This is one of our original locations (since 1992) still going strong with some of the original members still participating 28 years later. This group is making the most of their beautiful Ohio summers and taking Geri-Fit outdoors! Read the article on cleveland.com.
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August 24, 2020 - Geri-Fit welcomes Baltimore County Department on Aging (Maryland) who will be offering Geri-Fit classes at 20 new locations starting either later this year or early 2021. They are one of the first counties in the U.S. to offer remote delivery of Geri-Fit on TVs or computers for in-home fitness during the pandemic crisis. Starting this week, 200 susbscribers are expected to sign up and be participating in Geri-Fit classes by virtual delivery from their homes!
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August 21, 2020 - Traer Public Library is our newest Iowa library to have become licensed in Geri-Fit. They're hoping to launch their online program in late August. Congratulations!
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August 19, 2020 - Remote delivery of Geri-Fit is becoming increasingly popular. Baltimore County, Maryland is the first county in the U.S. to roll-out Geri-Fit Online to its residents! 200 participants will be engaging in Geri-Fit workouts... from their homes starting next week!
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August 17, 2020 - Looking ahead in 2020, Lumber River Council of Governments will be expanding the Geri-Fit strength training program for older adults at 10 of their senior centers beginning in 2021 or possibly sooner. We warmly welcome them to the Geri-Fit family of locations offering Geri-Fit strength training classes throughout the U.S.
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August 6, 2020 - Lancaster County in Pennsylvania is the first to announce that they are reopening their senior centers effective October 1, 2020. Congratulations!!
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August 4, 2020 - Many Area Agencies on Aging are finding that their local libraries are becoming great go-to resources as venues for evidence-based programs. Northwest Georgia AAA recently purchased a license for Chattooga County Public Library.
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July 25, 2020 - The Prime Time Center in Steubenville, Ohio is taking advantage of the beautiful Ohio summers and conducting Geri-Fit classes outdoors! To read the article,
click here.
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July 1, 2020 - Paullina Library in Iowa has resumed its Geri-Fit classes after being shut down for nearly three months. To read the story,
click here.
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June 30, 2020 - Taking advantage of the beautiful Ohio summers, the Prime Time Center in Steubenville, Ohio is offering Geri-Fit outdoors! To read the article that appeared in the Herald Star online,
click here.
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June 25, 2020 - Williamsville Public Library and Museum has joined the virtual fitness revolution! Their library will be hosting DVD-led classes in 2021, but until then, their patrons will be exercising at home to Geri-Fit Online workouts.
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June 3, 2020 - The National Institute of Health and National Institute of Aging sent out an email about Partnering with Public Libraries to offer physical fitness programs. The Geri-Fit program was highlighted in that email as a suggested program for libraries interested in offering older adult fitness programs. To read more,
click here.
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May 26, 2020 - Geri-Fit signs with Worcester County Commission on Aging, Inc. to offer the Geri-Fit evidence-based health promotion program at two of its senior centers in Worcester County: Ocean City 50 Plus Center in Ocean City, and Berlin 50 Plus Center in Berlin, Maryland.
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May 6, 2020 - The National Institute on Aging's homepage features an article about physical activity programs being offered at libraries, and Geri-Fit is mentioned.
Click here to view the article.
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April 28, 2020 - The Town of Fountain Hills in Arizona will be offering Geri-Fit virtual fitness classes later in the year at their Community / Senior Center. We welcome them to our ever-growing list of locations where Geri-Fit classes are offered throughout the U.S.
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April 13, 2020 - Arthritis Patient Services of Charlotte, NC renewed eight Geri-Fit licensed sites for the 2020/2021 year. The Geri-Fit program continues to grow in the state of North Carolina.
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April 6, 2020 - Recognizing the need to continue in-home fitness, the Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne and Wyoming Counties (PA) is providing Geri-Fit At-Home, a DVD collection for in-home exercisers. Geri-Fit continues to be the most popular evidence-based health promotion program in the Wilkes Barre area with many now being given the option to exercise at home with the Geri-Fit DVD workouts. We are proud to partner with Luzerne and Wyoming Counties during the Coronavirus crisis.
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March 23, 2020 - Senior Resource Center of New Hanover County, NC has added a fifth location to their county license, this time for Maides Park. We look forward to expanding the Geri-Fit program at this new location!
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March 18, 2020 - Geri-Fit is honored to have been interviewed for the America Institute for Cancer Research's spring 2020 newsletter. To read the article, click here.
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March 17, 2020 - Columbus Junction Public Library, Letts Public Library, and Mellinger Memorial Library -- all from the State of Iowa, will begin offering Geri-Fit virtual fitness classes beginning early this summer. Iowa remains the #1 state in virtual fitness locations where Geri-Fit is offered at public libraries.
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March 16, 2020 - S. Whitley Public Library will be offering the new Geri-Flex stretch program later this spring.
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March 10, 2020 - Keokuk Public Library in Iowa will be offering Geri-Fit virtual exercise classes for its patrons beginning in April. Iowa is loving Geri-Fit as it remains the #1 state with multiple licensed locations throughout.
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February 27, 2020 - Fort Branch Library director, Laura Happe, announced that their main library is SOLD OUT with a waiting list of residents wanting to take Geri-Fit classes. So, she has purchased a second Public Performance License for a nearby library, Haubstadt Public Library.
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February 24, 2020 - Camp Verde Community Library is the first library in the U.S. to offer the new Geri-Flex® stretch program in addition to video-led Geri-Fit® classes!
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February 20, 2020 - Geri-Fit welcomes Owensville Carnegie Public Library of Owensville, Indiana as an official hosting site for Geri-Fit classes!
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February 12, 2020 - H. Leslie Perry Public Library in Wake Forest, North Carolina will be offering Geri-Fit virtual classes to its patrons starting in the Spring.
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February 11, 2020 - The American Institute for Cancer Research features an article about a new program to help build strength... Geri-Fit. To read the article,
click here.
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January 31, 2020 - Kanawha County's Main Branch library in West Virginia has joined our national network in offering Geri-Fit virtual fitness classes at their library. We think you older adult patrons are going to like it very much!!!
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January 21, 2020 - Central Virginia Alliance for Community Living has signed on with Geri-Fit to open five sites within their vicinity starting in the spring of 2020.
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January 20,2020 - The
Weirton Daily Times reported a new season of Geri-Fit classes starting up at their local library. Way to go!!
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January 18, 2020 - Brunswick Senior Resources Center, a non-profit operating in North Carolina, opens its fifth Geri-Fit location at
Calabash Senior Center.
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January 8, 2020 - Dubois Branch Library in Dubois, Indiana started their Geri-Fit classes today and maxed out at 14 participants. What a way to start the year!
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January 7, 2020 - Spotswood Library in New Jersey is kicking off the new year in grand style. They got a great story in their local newspaper,
TAPinto Milltown/Spotswood, about their Geri-Fit classes.
Click here to read the article.
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December 23, 2019 - Crab Orchard Public Library is our newest location in the State of Illinois. Their library will begin offering Geri-Fit video-led classes in January 2020.
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December 18, 2019 - Janet Reynolds, Director of La Cygne Library (KS), gave a wonderful presentation at Kansas' state conference held earlier this year. Here is the
synopsis of the presentation.
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December 10, 2019 - Orion Township Library was awarded a $480 Brooksie Way mini-grant to start a senior fitness class. Geri-Fit was their program choice! You can read the entire article at this
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October 28, 2019 - JH Robbins Memorial Library of Ellsworth Kansas joins the Geri-Fit network of U.S. locations. Your seniors are going to love these classes!
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October 25, 2019 - The Nir Family Y in New Hanover County, NC hosts Geri-Fit classes on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. This class has really grown since it started there last year. What a great bunch of Geri-Fitters!
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October 24, 2019 - West Point Library got a great article written about their Geri-Fit program in
The Hawkeye.
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October 12, 2019 - More expansion into California and this time in southern California in Murrieta, Temecula, La Cresta, De Luz and Riverside County. Nurse Practicioner Albert Telfer will be offering personal fitness training, fall prevention evaluations and in-home visits with the Geri-Fit program. We wish you much success in your business venture!
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October 8, 2019 - The Geri-Fit Company welcomes Orion Township Public Library who will be offering Geri-Fit classes this Fall at their library.
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September 20, 2019 - The Administration for Community Living (ACL) releases its Title III-D Older Americans Act Cost Chart. This list has all the highest tier (level III) evidence-based health promotion / disease prevention programs that are covered under the Older American's Act, Title III-D funding. Geri-Fit is listed on
page 19.
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September 18, 2019 - Canby Adult Center is leading the way in Oregon where a feature article on their vast array of evidence-based programming, including Geri-Fit, is winning residents over, especially one particular member that's 107 years-old!
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September 3, 2019 - More good news from the Morton James Public Library in Nebraska. The Nebraska City News-Press featured a nice story on the growing Geri-Fit classes that are going to held this Fall on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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August 23, 2019 - Mary Konicki is in the news again, this time being interviewed for National Senior Citizens Day! The 85-year-old instructor extrordinaire teaches 19 different programs including her favorite, Geri-Fit, at New Hanover County Senior Resource Center (NC). Not only was she the spotlight of a featured article in the local newspaper, but she was also interviewed by New Hanover's television station. Click here to read about her lifelong achievement.
August 21, 2019 - East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging will begin offering Geri-Fit this Fall as well as testing postural sway of Geri-Fit participants before/after using the BTracks unit. Congratulations on becoming licensed in Geri-Fit!
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August 14, 2019 - James Kennedy Library got a wonderful write-up in their local newspaper. Always big classes!
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July 25, 2019 - Spirit Lake Public Library in Spirit Lake, Iowa is the newest facility that's been added to our national network. There are now 34 Iowa locations offering Geri-Fit classes!! WOW!
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July 24, 2019 - Polk City Public Library has purchased a full scale Public Performance License (PPL) to offer three of Geri-Fit's most popular DVD workouts at their library. Classes will begin this Fall.
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July 22, 2019 - Spotswood Public Library got a full page story in their City's newspaper about their library's ongoing Geri-Fit class. It looks like your patrons are getting stronger by the hour!
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July 21, 2019 - Maine Health has renewed their Geri-Fit license at Chase Point Assisted Living for year #2. Great to see you continue on with us and be part of our growing national network for locations where Geri-Fit classes are offered.
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July 9, 2019 - Canby Adult Center has signed a license agreement with the Geri-Fit Company to offer the evidence-based health promotion program at its center starting in September. Canby is our very first location in Oregon with hopefully more to come. We look forward to working with you this year and next!
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July 8, 2019 - It's official.... our Geri-Fit national study is now closed and the results of the study are being tallied by our research team. 529 older adults completed 12 weeks of Geri-Fit classes at 50 select libraries throughout the U.S. The results of this study will be released at the ARSL Conference in September 2019 in Burlington, VT. Hope to see you there.
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June 30, 2019 - Geri-Fit wishes to thank Setay Dance and Fitness Studio of Phoenix, Arizona along with Piedmont Triad Resource Center, Region One Area Agency on Aging, Lancaster County, Somerset County, and Luzerne-Wyoming Area Agency on Aging on renewing their Geri-Fit licenses for the 2019/2020 year. We are happy to have you in our national network and look forward to working with you next year!
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June 17, 2019 - Go4Life publishes their Spring Newsletter which featured the findings of a survey performed earlier this year at 96 libraries across the U.S. and how they are beginning to offer fitness programs, especially older adult fitness programs. To read the survey findings that can be found on the National Institute of Health and the National Institute on Aging's website, click here.
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June 15, 2019 - Beautiful Show Low, Arizona joins the Geri-Fit network of hosting sites offering video-based classes at their town's local library. Glad to have you on board!
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May 26, 2019 - The Latonia Daily Sun wrote a great article on the advanced Geri-Fit class that's forming at their library. To view the article,
click here.
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May 25, 2019 - Spotswood Library got a nice little write-up in their local newspaper.
Click here to read the article.
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May 2, 2019 - Jean Bosch's (Iowa) submission to the American Library Association Public Programs Office publishes a "Program Model for Geri-Fit."
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April 29, 2019 - Somerset County expands its Geri-Fit license to include Meyersdale Senior Center in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania.
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April 26, 2019 - Yakama Nation of Washington renews its license to continue offering Geri-Fit classes to tribal members of their community.
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April 18, 2019 - Arthritis Patient Services of Charlotte, NC signs an extensive license agreement with Geri-Fit to offer evidence-based strength training classes at 8 of its locations in Charlotte, Pineville, and Mint Hills.
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April 15, 2019 - Gilford Public Library, as well as a dozen other libraries that were involved in the 12 week national Geri-Fit study, will be continuing on with Geri-Fit! The program was such a huge success, their senior community just doesn't want to stop! Check out their catchy
Spring newsletter mentioning the variety of the health and wellness programming that they offer to their older community. Now that's a busy community library!!
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April 10, 2019 - Region 1 AAA in Phoenix, Arizona has expanded their blanket license and continues to add new locations to the Geri-Fit map. Four new locations will offer Geri-Fit classes this Fall in Surprise, Mesa, and two more in Phoenix.
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April 9, 2019 - Geri-Fit welcomes Garfield County in Rifle, Colorado who will be offering the Geri-Fit program at five new locations this spring!
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April 8, 2019 - Grand Saline Public Library is our newest Geri-Fit virtual site. Their library will be conducting DVD classes starting in May.
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April 2, 2019 - Geri-Fit welcomes Jasper County Public Library as our newest licensee. Jasper marks our 5th location in the state of Indiana with hopefully more to come!
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March 28, 2019 - Mt. Si Senior Center in North Bend, Washington has joined the national network of senior centers offering virtual fitness at their intergenerational centers.
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March 20, 2019 - Paullina Public Library (Paullina, Iowa) joins libraries across the nation that are now offering Geri-Fit virtual fitness classes. For more information on obtaining a Public Performance License, visit this link on our website.
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March 8, 2019 - St. Michael's Church in Craig, Colorado has 16 signed up for its Geri-Fit classes. Licensee Anita Reynolds has done an excellent job at keeping her group engaged... now in their 4th year and continuing to get stronger, confident, and more independent!
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March 6, 2019 - First round stats in! 835 older adults are currently participating in the Geri-Fit virtual fitness (DVD-led classes) nationwide study throughout the U.S.
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March 5, 2019 - Columbus County Department of Aging (N. Carolina) signs with Geri-Fit to become licensed to provide the Geri-Fit program at seven of its senior centers throughout their County.
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March 5, 2019 -- The Geri-Fit program is featured in a new college textbook!
W Brewer, MA Patterson, CT Ray - Handbook of Rehabilitation in Older Adults, 2018
… that aim to reduce falls and improve physical function utilize a combination
of exercises … The program costs $2500 to receive the license from Geri-Fit,
which includes the online … important to assess the nutrient needs of the …
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March 3, 2019 - New Hanover County in North Carolina has opened another new location... this time at Castle Hayne. To read about their grand opening, click here.
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February 15, 2019 - West Point Library of Iowa shared a photo of their group exercising to the 15 Exercises That Help to Previous Osteoporosis DVD. Here a group of older adults are warming up for the workout by doing their flexibility stretches for their hamstrings. West Point Library is one of 54 libraries that are hosting sites for the national study for Geri-Fit virtual fitness classes.
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January 28, 2019 - Nirvana Digital TV expands its contract with the Geri-Fit Company to include its two new newest workouts, Workout #6032 and Zoomers Weighted Lunge. The workouts are part of the older adult wellness programming offered by the Brazilian television station and will be available this Spring through pay-per-view TV.
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January 16, 2019 - The Gateway Mississippi wrote a feature article on the new virtual fitness program, Geri-Fit, that's held at the West Point Library. To read the article, Click Here.
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January 10, 2019 - Instructor Spotlight to Mary Konicki, age 85, who leads Geri-Fit classes at the New Hanover Senior Resource Center in North Carolina each week. Mary, you are looking fit and helping all these people so much in your class! You're such an inspiration to all of us and our hats are off to you. Keep up the great work! To see photos of Mary teaching her Geri-Fit class, view this link.
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January 10, 2019 - Spencer Public Library will launch Geri-Fit classes starting next week. Their newspaper printed a nice little article about the upcoming classes. Read more...
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January 9, 2019 - Staunton Public Library in Virginia kicks off the brand new year by offering Geri-Fit classes. Click to read the article that appeared in the Sun Messenger.
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January 8, 2019 - The Sundance Times gave a little plug to Crook County Library (Wyoming) for Geri-Fit classes starting January 15.
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January 7, 2019 - Way to go! La Cygne Public Library has over 50 older adults signed up for Geri-Fit classes starting next week!!!
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January 2, 2019 - Morton-James Public Library (Nebraska) joins the growing list of libraries engaging in health promotion programs for their older adult communities. We are glad to have you on board!
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January 1, 2019 - Congratulations to our first licensee in the new 2019 year... Ringsted Public Library (Iowa). Best wishes on a successful launch of your new Geri-Fit program!
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December 31, 2018 - The Daily American features a vast array of evidence-based health promotion disease prevention programs in Somerset, Pennsylvania. Here's a sampling of one week of planned activities.
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December 30, 2018 - The Spencer Daily Reporter featured an article about the national study for Geri-Fit programs and can be
Read Here.
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December 28, 2018 - Daviess County Library got a tremendous article written about their involvement in the Geri-Fit study.
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December 26, 2018 - The Duncan Banner printed an article about its library being selected as one of the 60 sites that will participate in a nationwide study that begins the week of January 14. To read more about their library's involvement, click here.
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December 22, 2018 - The Oneida Dispatch did a nice little write up about their library's new Geri-Fit program that's starting in January. To read the article, click here.
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December 19, 2018 - Today is the due date for Letters of Intent for the CDSME grant, HHS 2019-ACL-AOA-CSSG-0311, Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs Financed by the Prevention and Public Health Funds. Geri-Fit is an approved self-management support program that is eligible under the $6.3M grant.
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December 2, 2018 - Pella Library got a nice write up about their library's involvement in the new national study about Geri-Fit's new video line of fitness products. To read the article, Click here.
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November 12, 2018 - The Dubois County Herald reported the new national study that takes place starting the week of January 14. Click here to read the feature article.
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November 8, 2018 - The Dubois County Free Press wrote an excellent article about its local library being selected as a hosting site for the upcoming 2019 national study involving the Geri-Fit program. To read the article, click here.
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October 6, 2018 - Geri-Fit was featured in the National Institute of Health's (NIH) Go4Life's monthly newsletter.
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October 5, 2018 - The Craig Press wrote an article about Moffett County's Geri-Fit program and interviewed their new senior center director, Krystal Baker.
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Oct. 1, 2018 - Geri-Fit continues its national tour attending Area Agency on Aging conferences throughout the U.S. In this photo taken at the opening reception, Sandy Markwood of N4A addresses over 300 conference attendees at the SE4A Conference held in Louisville, KY. Geri-Fit Company was exhibiting at the conference and made valuable contacts with AAAs and CBOs throughout southeastern U.S.A. including Florida, Virginia, S. Carolina, N. Carolina, Kentucky and Georgia. Look for new locations on our national map to be added soon!
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September 30, 2018 - Geri-Fit exhibited at the SE4A Regional Conference. What a fantastic conference. The speakers were outstanding!
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Sept. 21, 2018 - The Geri-Fit Company presented at the AZ4A Conference in Mesa, AZ. During the presentation given by founder and program developer, Francesca Fisher, Area Agency on Aging directors and program administrators learned about the advancements in fall prevention training and the role proprioceptive exercises play in enhancing power and balance in aging older adults.
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Sept. 10, 2018 - 12 instructors from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania graduate from Geri-Fit's Program Fidelity Training, Advanced Strength Training Techniques and Fall Prevention.
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Sept. 3, 2018 - The Senior Center in Craig, Colorado has added a new time slot for their Geri-Fit class. To read the Chamber of Commerce's article, click here.
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Sept. 2, 2018 - Eagle Mountain City Library is the newest virtual hosting site for Geri-Fit video-led classes.
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July 24, 2018 - Fox 56 highlighted the health and wellness classes offered through the Luzerne-Wyoming Area Agency on Aging. This news segment about their Geri-Fit program aired on TV 56.
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July 21, 2018 - Geri-Fit news on LinkedIn announcing our national roll out of the Geri-Fit program at libraries throughout the U.S.
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July 16, 2018 - Geri-Fit was featured in the July 2018 newsletter for Let's Move in Libraries - a new initiative to offer physical fitness programs at libraries. To read the article about the new virtual fitness study, click here.
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July 13, 2018 - Geri-Fit Company attended the 2018 ASCA Conference held in Mesa, Arizona.
June 24, 2018 - Geri-Fit's founder, Francesca Fisher, has been asked to speak at the AZ4A Conference being held in Mesa, Arizona on September 20-22. To view the full line up of conference speakers, click here.
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June 17, 2018 - Combination of BTrackS and Geri-Fit as a targeted approach for assessing and reducing the postural sway of older adults with ... - new results! 6280 people now added to Balance Tracking System's data which included the original Geri-Fit participants from 2017.
DJ Goble, HS Baweja - Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 2018
… Sports Med 2017; 47: 101–112. 30 Goble DJ, Hearn MC, Baweja HS. Combination of BTrackS and Geri-Fit as a targeted approach for assessing and reducing the postural sway of older adults with high fall risk. Clin Interv Aging 2017; 12: 351–357 …
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May 26, 2018 - The Geri-Fit program was referenced in a study published by Elsevier Journal of Biomechanics May 3, 2018.
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May 22, 2018 - Yoga Chuck, Seneca County's (OH) first Geri-Fit licensee, got a wonderful article written about him and his new yoga studio which opened last month. Geri-Fit classes are offered there on Mondays and Wednesdays at 1:15-2:00 pm.
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May 20, 2018 - Yakama Nation in Toppenish, Washington is the first Geri-Fit licensee in the state of Washington. We welcome them to our nationwide network.
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March 30, 2018 - Valley News published an article about the Geri-Fit program being part of funding for a new chronic disease management grant.
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March 28, 2018 - ABC news does a feature story on Durham, North Carolina Geri-Fit participant celebrating her 100th birthday.
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March 27, 2018 - Attendees gather around the Geri-Fit table at the Ohio Association of Senior Centers' 59th Annual Conference.
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March 19, 2018 - Geri-Fit's "Certification Course for Geri-Fit Instructor" online course receives accreditation approval from the National Certifying Council for Activity Professionals (NCCAP). The online course is available exclusively to licensees and their instructors and is accredited for 19 contact hours.
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March 1, 2018 - Geri-Fit is named as one of the 11 pre-approved, evidence-based chronic disease management support programs for HHS-2018-ACL-AOA-CSSG-0256's grant, Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Program Financed by the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Grant applications are due by April 30, 2018.
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February 22, 2018 - The CDC recognizes the Geri-Fit evidence-based physical fitness activity program as a chronic disease self-management support program under its "other" category in grant opportunity CDC-RFA-DP18-1803 NOFO. The NOFO’s purpose is to implement state-based approaches to improve arthritis management and quality of life for adults with arthritis. For more info, visit their FAQ page at this link.
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February 8, 2018 - Licensee Carole Zicha has opened two new Geri-Fit locations in Clymer and Indiana, Pennsylvania!
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January 19, 2018 - The Area Agency on Aging of Phoenix Arizona has opened three new Geri-Fit locations located in Guadalupe, Glendale and Phoenix. Classes will begin this Spring. Check back for additional locations that will soon be added to their ever-growing list.
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January 12, 2018 - Lancaster County Office on Aging (Pennsylvania) got a nice write up in Lancaster Online about their Geri-Fit program offered at Lititz Senior Center.
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January 9, 2018 - The Geri-Fit Company welcomes the Kathryn Heidenrich Adult Center who will begin offering virtual Geri-Fit video classes next month at their center.
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December 27, 2017 - Geri-Fit would like to congratulate the Tuscarawas County Senior Center, our newest licensee in Ohio. They will begin offering Geri-Fit classes in March, 2018.
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December 26, 2017 - It might be cold in Ohio, but Geri-Fit classes are heating up fast at The Friendship Center in Dover, Ohio who will begin offering Geri-Fit classes in February, 2018.
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December 23, 2017 - Chatham County (North Carolina) will begin offering Geri-Fit classes in January, 2018 at the Western Chatham Senior Center and the Eastern Chatham Senior Center. Congratulations to our newest NC licensee!
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December 22, 2017 - Congratulations to the Central Midland Council of Governments (South Carolina) as the winner of the Geri-Fit Public Performance License raffle that was held December 12 at the SE4A Conference in Greenville, SC.
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December 2, 2017 - Craig Colorado offers a nice array of exercise classes at their Center. Here's a list of some of the offerings.
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December 1, 2017 - Some more virtual fitness being reported from all over the world. See Geri-Fit listed on page 29 of this published report.
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October 3, 2017 - Natural Awakenings Magazine featured a great article on the newly-accredited Geri-Fit Instructor Training Program for caregivers, health coaches, evidence-based program leaders and other healthcare professions that need this specialized training. To read the entire article, click here.
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October 2, 2017 - The National Institutes of Health published the events that took place during the month of September in recognition of Fall Prevention. Geri-Fit is mentioned midway down. We provided a fall prevention presentation and exercise demonstration at Renaissance Village of Murrieta, California. Proven strength training exercises performed with small dumbbell weights can increase strength, improve balance, and decrease postural sway.
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September 21, 2017 - The Geri-Fit Company announces the release of their new online caregiver training course.
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September 18, 2017 - The Geri-Fit program got a mention in the National Institute on Aging's Go4Life e-newsletter today. Thank you!
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September 15, 2017 - Fall Prevention Week starts this Monday! To help reach as many seniors as possible, we're offering free Fall Prevention Workshops throughout the U.S. See this facebook page for details.
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September 13, 2017 - Radio talk show host Roger Marsh from the Bottom Line interviews Francesca Fisher, program developer and founder of the Geri-Fit program. To hear the 20 minute interview, visit this link.
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September 6, 2017 - Geri-Fit's Original Workout with Weights DVD is featured on Pinterest's Strength Training Videos page.
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September 4, 2017 - Geri-Fit welcomes licensee Ekta Patel who will be offering in-home health classes and group class in Macon, GA.
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August 26, 2017 - Geri-Fit welcomes licensee Carole Zicha who will be conducting Geri-Fit classes in Homer City, PA starting this fall.
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August 9, 2017 - Geri-Fit welcomes licensee Elizabeth Jones who will be conducting Geri-Fit classes in South Carolina and Georgia starting this fall.
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July 26, 2017 - California CEO featured Renaissance Village of Murrieta, CA, one of the first Geri-Fit licensed senior care facilities in southern California. To view the four minute video, view this link.
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July 8, 2017 - Geri-Fit welcomes Maria Gianino of Homewatch Caregivers who will begin offering Geri-Fit classes in the St. Louis, MO area. We welcome her as the first licensee for that state!
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July 7, 2017 - The Geri-Fit Company has been added to the CDC's national map of locations that will be offering diabetes prevention and type II diabetes management programs next year. Geri-Fit was previously approved as an evidence-based chronic disease support program earlier in the year by the AoA/ACL. The company continues to expand its physical activity program nationwide reaching a broader audience than just older adults.
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July 4, 2017 - The Geri-Fit program was mentioned as a support program the Area Agency on Aging (Ohio) will be offering Geri-Fit classes when it moves to its new location on Allentown Road next week. To read the article, click here.
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July 3, 2017 - The Geri-Fit Company expands its long term endorsement with American Specialty Health (Silver&Fit) to provide sustainability for evidence-based programs and chronic disease self-management support programs held at senior centers throughout the U.S.
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June 30, 2017 - Piedmont Triad Regional Council signs with the Geri-Fit Company to become licensed to offer the evidence-based health promotion program at three of its senior centers located in Mayodan, Greensboro, and Kernersville, North Carolina this fall.
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June 21, 2017 - Geri-Fit welcomes Lancaster County Office on Aging as its newest program licensee where Geri-Fit classes will be offered at three senior centers in Lancaster County, PA beginning next month.
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June 17, 2017 - Renaissance Village of Murrieta, California debuts its new commercial featuring the Geri-Fit program that's held at two of its assisted living facilities in southern California. To view the commercial, click here.
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June 15, 2017 - The Geri-Fit Company exhibited at the NANASP / NISC National Conference in Oak Brook, Illinois this week meeting state aging directors and senior center directors from all over the U.S. The conference was a huge success. Here's a photo of Geri-Fit founder, Francesca Fisher, posing in front of giant hostas at the well-manicured Hyatt grounds and McDonald's University campus.
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June 15, 2017 - The Geri-Fit Company welcomes Troy Senior Center in North Carolina as its newest licensee who will feature virtually-led Geri-Fit classes at their senior center starting in the Fall, 2017.
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June 7, 2017 - Somerset County Area Agency on Aging signs with the Geri-Fit Company to become licensed to offer the evidence-based program. Central City Center, Conemaugh Township Center, Confluence Center, and Somerset Center will begin offering Geri-Fit classes next month. We're looking forward to bringing this wonderful program to your communities!
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June 5, 2017 - The Allen Eiry Center in Tiffin Ohio launched their new Geri-Fit program today with eight people signed up for the next 16 weeks! Way to grow strong!!
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June 2, 2017 - The Geri-Fit Company welcomes Juliet Long who will be expanding Geri-Fit classes into Ojai, Ventura County, Carpinteria and other nearby locations starting this summer. We welcome her to our licensed team of nationwide instructors!
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May 30, 2017 - Geri-Fit classes at Humana Wellness Center start up at this brand new location in Murrieta, CA led by Licensee Janice Lee. FREE to the community with valid Silver Medicare plans.
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May 27, 2017 - The Craig Daily Press writes about the two new locations where Geri-Fit will be offered in Craig Colorado starting in June. To read the entire article, click here.
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March 30, 2017 - The California Dolphin printed a great article on Geri-Fit and the improvement the EB program has on balance. Click to read.
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March 11, 2017 - Seniors living in Wake Forest, NC came out to celebrate the grand opening of the Geri-Fit program in their community hosted by the Northern Wake Senior Center and Resources for Seniors.
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February 28, 2017 - The complete balance study using the Geri-Fit program now published on pubmed.gov. Participants' postural sway improved 80.8% over a 90 day period.
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February 27, 2017 - The Herald Sun in Durham, NC wrote a wonderful article on why couples that play together, stay together. Geri-Fit is mentioned as one of the activities that the Durham Center offers.
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February 13, 2017 - A new study published today in Clinical Interventions in Aging reported that older adults age 65+ participated in the Geri-Fit top tier evidence-based health promotion program and showed an 80+% improvement in balance over a 90-day period. To view the entire study entitled Combination of BTrackS and Geri-Fit as a targeted approach for assessing and reducing the postural sway of older adults with high fall risk, please visit this link.
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January 29, 2017 - What a busy month for Geri-Fit! Announcing our new licensees who will be launching the Geri-Fit program this Spring: Yoga Chuck from Tiffin, Ohio joins the Geri-Fit network as well as Resources for Seniors which will offer the Geri-Fit program at senior centers in Wendell and Wake Forest, North Carolina.
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January 15, 2017 - The Geri-Fit program got a mention in the Journal for Nurse Practitioners January 2017 issue.
Promoting Older Adult Physical Activity Throughout Care Transitions Using an Interprofessional Approach
JM Miller, VK Sabol, AM Pastva - The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 2017
... Falls Prevention: Otago, https://www.med.unc.edu/aging/cgec/exercise-program. Fit and
Strong, http://www.fitandstrong.org/. Functional Focused Care, http://www/.
functionfocusedcare.org. Geri-Fit Strength Training Workout, http://www.gerifit.com/. ...
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January 10, 2017 - Long term Geri-Fit results were released today for three Ohio senior centers where the program has been in place for more than 10 years. 76% found the Geri-Fit program improved their strength, and 45% found the program improved their balance. To read the entire survey results, click here.
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January 7, 2017 - The Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne and Wyoming Counties made news again in the Sunday Dispatch. An additional time slot for Geri-Fit classes is being added to the schedule and will start on January 12.
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December 20, 2016 - Geri-Fit welcomes its third licensed YMCA location, Wilmington Family YMCA in Wilmington, NC. Welcome aboard!
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December 17, 2016 - Prime Time Health of Steubenville, Ohio joins the Geri-Fit network of senior centers throughout the U.S. offering the Geri-Fit EB program.
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November 25, 2016 - Guernsey Senior Center, located in Cambridge, Ohio, signs with the Geri-Fit Company to offer the tier III evidence-based Geri-Fit health promotion program at their senior center in 2017.
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October 31, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company celebrates its 22nd year in business!
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October 30, 2016 - Geri-Fit welcomes Renaissance Village Murrieta, California who will begin offering Geri-Fit classes to their residents in November. Renaissance Village Murrieta is the first memory care facility in the Inland Empire area.
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October 27, 2016 - Geri-Fit welcomes Noreen Poli of Prime Personal Fitness. Noreen will be offering group classes and one-on-one Geri-Fit classes in the Tucson, Green Valley and the Sahuita areas in Arizona.
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September 16, 2016 - The Sunday Dispatch features an article on Geri-Fit and classes held in Pittston, PA.
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September 1, 2016 - Geri-Fit's founder, Francesca Fisher, was interviewed by caregiver.com. To read the article, click here.
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August 23 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company and Balance Tracking Systems conduct a free balance test at Kay Ceniceros Senior Center in Menifee, CA. Thirty-seven seniors ages 65 to 96 attended the event. The balance expo kicks off National Falls Prevention Awareness month which starts next week and is held every September. The senior center will be holding a Falls Prevention Expo and Demonstration of Strength Training Exercises on Thursday, September 22 from 9:00-9:45 am. To RSVP, call the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center at 951-672-9673.
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August 18 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company gets approved as an Exhibitor at the NISC Conference held in Philadelphia, PA September 25-28, 2016.
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August 6, 2016 - Veteran instructor, Doreen Rakowski, a certified Geri-Fit instructor for the Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne and Wyoming Counties, is interviewed for a newspaper article appearing in the Times Leader. Doreen has been teaching fitness classes for over 20 years!
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July 27, 2016 - The N4A holds its 41st Conference in San Diego, California where Geri-Fit exhibited at the tradeshow and debuted its newest product for testing postural sway, Balance Tracking Systems. Shown here is Francesca Fisher, creator of the Geri-Fit program.
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July 23, 2016 - The City of Pittston, Pennsylvania got a favorable article about its newest exercise program, Geri-Fit that begins there next week. Click here to read the article.
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July 20, 2016 - The Area Agency on Aging, Region 1 signs a License Agreement to offer Geri-Fit exercise classes at 10 locations in the Phoenix, Arizona area starting this Fall.
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July 19, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company welcomes Licensee Annette Yates of Setay Dance and Fitness located in Phoenix, Arizona. Her studio will be offering Geri-Fit group classes and personal fitness training. Click Here to visit her website and class offerings.
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July 15, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company welcomes Licensee Nina Parkinson who will be offering Geri-Fit classes through the City of West Hollywood, California starting September 6.
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July 14, 2016 - More news for the Area on Agency for Luzerne-Wyoming Counties in Pennsylvania. Six more locations will be offering Geri-Fit classes at the Wilkes Barre YMCA, the JCC, the Hazelton YMCA/YWCA, Edwardsville Active Adult Center, the Turnhannock Public Library, and the Pittston Active Adult Center. You can read about the openings in the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader article.
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July 1, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company is featured in the July issue of Natural Awakenings magazine. To read the article, Click Here and flip to page 14.
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June 23, 2016 - The Citizen's Voice in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania published a story on several locations that will be offering the Geri-Fit evidence-based health promotion program including the JCC, YMCA and Edwardsville Adult Activity Center. To read the article, click here.
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June 22, 2016 - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) archives reference the Geri-Fit® exercise program in their Safe Mobility for Older Drivers report.
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June 17, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company is asked to present, alongside with other Tier III evidence-based health promotion and falls prevention programs, at the Evidence-Based Poster Social at the N4A's 41st National Conference and Trade Show on July 27 in San Diego, California.
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June 15, 2016 - Geri-Fit licensee Lisa Harris, RD, ACE-CPT is featured in a news story in the Valley News about her second Geri-Fit opening in Lake Elsinore, California. To read the article, click here.
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June 1, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company is asked to be a presenter at the Arizona Senior Center Association's annual conference being held on July 18. The presentation will be "It's All About Balance."
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May 31, 2016 - The Area on Agency for Luzerne-Wyoming Counties signs a License Agreement with Geri-Fit Company to offer Geri-Fit classes at 22 locations in Pennsylvania.
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May 21, 2016 - Brunswick Senior Resource Center adds seven new locations to their existing three locations under the new Geri-Fit blanket license agreement.
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May 20, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company signs with the City of Boca Raton, Florida to offer continued education programs through its Community Services Department.
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May 19, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company films its 14th exercise video to be aired on Brazilian television starting in July.
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May 13, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company agrees to exhibit at the N4a Conference being held at the San Diego Convention Center July 25-28.
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May 10, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company becomes a Silver Sponsor and exhibitor at the Arizona Senior Center Association's annual conference that will be held in Tempe Arizona on July 10-13.
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May 4, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company agrees to exhibit at the California Area Agency on Aging's Conference in Los Angeles November 14-17.
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May 2, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company has a feature article in Awareness Magazine's May/June 2016 issue. To read the article, go to page 16 after getting on this link.
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April 24, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company becomes a member of the Florida Senior Center Association.
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April 4, 2016 - New Hanover County (North Carolina) gets a nice write-up in their local newspaper about the new Geri-Fit program. Click here to read the article.
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March 6, 2016 - The Valley News reported the national award the Geri-Fit Company and the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center received from the National Institute of Senior Centers (NISC). To read the online article, Click here.
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March 5, 2016 - Neighbors Newspaper writes about the new morning time slot for Geri-Fit classes held at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center beginning in April. The afternoon time slot has been consistently sold out for more than a year. The new morning time slot will help accommodate more older adults wanting to enroll in the Geri-Fit strength training and fall prevention program.
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March 4, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company welcomes Licensee Charlene Taylor who will be teaching Geri-Fit classes to disabled older adults in the Inland Empire area.
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February 27, 2016 - The Press Enterprise did a wonderful story on the history of the Geri-Fit program and where it is headed for the future. Click here to read the article.
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February 25, 2016 - Geri-Fit licensee Jane Snyder of Palm Desert, California is featured in an article in Desert Health News. To read the entire article, click here.
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February 24, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company welcomes Celeste Caperell who has purchased a license for the Boulder, Colorado area. We will announce the openings of her new locations soon!
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February 20, 2016 - The Geri-Fit Company was notified that it received an Honorable Mention award in the Nutrition, Fitness and Health Promotion category for the innovative fitness programming it offers at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center in Menifee, California. The award was given by the National Institute of Senior Centers for "Geri-Fit Private Lessons", a personal fitness training program that is held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the KC Center.
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February 10, 2016 - Geri-Fit is now in four countries! Best wishes in business to Stacey Lieberman who is our third international licensee. Stacey will be offering Geri-Fit classes throughout Montreal Quebec, Canada as well as West Palm Beach, Florida.
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February 1, 2016 - Geri-Fit arrives at New Hanover County, NC.
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January 16, 2016 - Francesca Fisher stands with Senator Joel Anderson in recognition of the Geri-Fit Company receiving the Best Emerging Business award.
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January 15, 2016 - Geri-Fit welcomes the Hart Center in Fairfield Bay, Arkansas as its newest licensee. The Hart Center is a Silver&Fit location that will offer the evidence-based program free to its club members.
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January 14, 2016 - Geri-Fit welcomes Gracious Grannies of Virginia where Geri-Fit will be offered to members of their church.
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January 13, 2016 - Geri-Fit welcomes Noelhani Hillhouse who will be offering Geri-Fit classes in Littleton, Colorado starting in March.
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January 7, 2016 - Homestead Hospice published an article written by Francesca Fisher about Fall Prevention in their quarterly newspaper. The article can be found on page 13 of their January, 2016 issue. Click here to read the article.
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January 6, 2016 - Colorado Hometown Weekly writes about the Geri-Fit program starting January 20 in Lafayette, Colorado. Click here to read the article.
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January 1, 2016 - Golden Years Fitness LLC becomes the first licensee in the state of Michigan.
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December 30, 2015 - New Hanover County in Wilmington, North Carolina signs with the Geri-Fit Company to offer classes at three of its county locations starting in 2016.
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December 23, 2015 - Neighbors Newspaper reports the new opening of the Geri-Fit program at OsteoStrong in Murrieta, California.
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December 21, 2015 - The Hometown Reporter in Lafayette, Colorado features a story on Geri-Fit's first Colorado location. FCB Sports Performance Center will begin offering Geri-Fit classes on January 13, 2016. A second location in Westminster, Colorado is expected to release its schedule within the coming weeks.
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December 11, 2015 - The Senior Reporter featured a falls prevention article on Geri-Fit exercises in their December, 2015 issue. To read the article , Click here (scroll down to page 18).
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December 1, 2015 - The Temecula Valley News featured an article on the strength training presentation being given by Geri-Fit founder, Francesca Fisher, at the Mary Phillips Senior Center on December 12. To read the article, Click here.
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October 31, 2015 - Happy Birthday to Mary A. who is 100 years old today! Mary uses 2 and 3-pound dumbbells in the Geri-Fit class that is held at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center in Menifee, California.
Mary A. is seated front and center.
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October 30, 2015 - Geri-Fit founder Francesca Fisher (far right) along with Riverside County Supervisor Kevin Jeffries, and Shari Fleischman, Commissioner on Aging for the City of Riverside, enjoyed lunch and a discussion of the future of senior fitness in the state of California at Vincenzo's restaurant in Lake Elsinore, California.
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October 19, 2015 - Geri-Fit is featured in the October 2015 issue of Senior Life Enrichment Homestead Hope Foundation. Click here to read the article on page 13.
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October 10, 2015 - Congratulations to our new licensees who will offer classes in Palm Springs, Vista, Valley Center, Temecula, Palm Desert and Perris.
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October 8, 2015 - Congratulations to our first opening in Michigan! Licensee Denise Elliott will be starting classes soon!!
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September 29, 2015 - The Geri-Fit Company receives official notification that it has been approved as a certified business with the State of California.
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July 30, 2015 - Geri-Fit Licensee Lisa Harris of Temecula, CA will be offering FREE Geri-Fit classes throughout the month of September in recognition to National Fall Prevention Month. Classes will be held at Mantra Restaurant's banquet hall located at 27645 Jefferson Rd. in Temecula, CA on Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30-11:15 am. Space is limited and advance registration is required. To register, call Lisa at 951-533-2612.
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July 2, 2015 - The Geri-Fit Company becomes an approved vendor with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) for Elderly Residential continuing education programs. Advanced Strength Training Techniques for Older Adults is now an approved CEU course for RCFEs, ARFs, and GHs needing credit hours to keep their licenses up-to-date.
April 17, 2015 - Title IIID funding is currently available to facilities and senior centers that are interested and qualify to purchase a Geri-Fit Fitness Program License to have Geri-Fit exercise classes offered to their members or community residents. For more information on the advantages of offering evidence-based exercise programs, visit the Adminstration on Aging's website at this link. There is a link at the very bottom of that page you can click on to download the Title IIID Cost Chart. Geri-Fit is listed on pages 8 and 9. For more information on the Geri-Fit licenses we offer to instructors and facilities, visit Geri-Fit's License Page.
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March 26, 2015 - The Geri-Fit exercise program makes front page headlines with a half page article in the Union Tribune newspaper.
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February 21, 2015 - The City of Menifee and the Menifee Chamber of Commerce held a Geri-Fit ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center in Menifee. The Geri-Fit Company offers specialized senior strength training exercise classes five-days-a-week at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center ranging from group Geri-Fit® strength classes, one-on-one personal fitness training, Geri-Flex® Stretch classes, and Golf-Fit® strength and flexibility classes for golfers. Kay Ceniceros is Geri-Fit's most popular location in the U.S. offering various elderly exercise classes 27 hours each week at their facility. To read the article, click on this link from the Valley Newspaper.
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February 20, 2015 - The Geri-Fit exercise program and DVD product line gets a very favorable review at 3GsStrong.com. Click here to read the review.
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February 18, 2015- My Temecula Magazine writes on how seniors with certain Medicare plans can take Geri-Fit exercises classes for free! To read the article, click here.
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January 28, 2015 - Geri-Fit joins the Medical Fitness Network to help unite fitness instructors worldwide. Instructors should use coupon code GERI49 to get 50% off a one-year membership.
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January 22, 2015 - The Geri-Fit Company makes the front page of the San Diego Union Tribune newspaper (local Temecula edition) which features the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center in Menifee.
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January 17, 2015 - The Geri-Fit class held at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center in Menifee, California was chosen as the location where the San Diego Union Tribune newspaper will feature a news article on Geri-Fit. The article is due out on January 22. Over 30 seniors are enrolled in the Geri-Fit program at Kay Ceniceros with the oldest member at age 99. Here is a small sampling of the group. Photo courtesy of Stephen Eldred Photography.
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December 29, 2014 - Athletic Business Magazine features a story on Geri-Fit's newly accredited distance learning course, Advanced Strength Training Techniques for Older Adults. The course has been approved by NSCA and ACE for 2.0 CEUs/CECs. To view the article, click here.
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December 8, 2014 - The Denver Post features a story on the Boulder, Colorado Geri-Fit Certification workshop. To view the article, click here.
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November 26, 2014 - Geri-Fit partners with A Place for Mom which offers a free Caregiver Toolkit for families who care for senior loved ones. It's a compilation of actionable resources like charts, checklists, and other "tools" that can help keep caregivers prepared, organized, and less stressed.
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October 30, 2014 - What a day to celebrate as Mary A. turns 99 making her the oldest Geri-Fitter in the USA! Way to go, Mary!!
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October 9, 2014 - Renaissance Village of Rancho Belago Moreno Valley, California signs a license agreement with the Geri-Fit Company to become the first retirement community in California to offer the Geri-Fit exercise program to its residents.
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September 23, 2014 - Geri-Fit is featured on Club Industry's home page announcing the new online instructor training program.
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August 13, 2014 - The Geri-Fit Company is mentioned in My Temecula magazine in an article about An Optimal You wellness center which offers Geri-Fit exercise classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Dr. Laurie Blanscett is the director. To read about her fantastic wellness center and all that it offers, see page 22.
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July 31, 2014 - The highly successful Geri-Fit program held at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center in Menifee, California is mentioned in the article Menifee 24/7 did on the change of ownership of the senior center from the County of Riverside to the City of Menifee. To read the article, click here.
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July 30, 2014 - The Geri-Fit Company is featured in the August, 2014 issue of IHRSA's Club Business International magazine on page 92.
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July 29, 2014 - Geri-Fit is invited to attend the Eastside Senior Fitness Fair & Expo which will be held on Thursday, August 21 from 9 am to 12 noon at Bordwell Park Stratton Community Center, 2008 Martin Luther King Blvd. in Riverside, CA. We will be demonstrating strength training exercises that are designed to prevent osteoporosis in addition to providing balance testing. Be sure to stop by our booth! The event is free and open to the public.
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July 23, 2014 - Geri-Fit continues to get positive news coverage. Here is a great article the Valley Chronicle did on the many benefits that can be attained by 80 and 90-year-olds participating in the Geri-Fit workout. To read the article, click here.
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April 26, 2014 - The Geri-Fit Company finishes filming its Greatest Generation Workout video which will be featured in 600 locations throughout the U.S. and in 13 countries.
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April 23, 2014 - The Geri-Fit exercise program makes the grade and is added to the CDC's "Future Possibility List" as a possible arthritis appropriate intervention. We are looking for study subjects that want to be involved in a research project which will begin some time in January 2015. If you'd like to be enrolled in the study, please contact us. Additionally, if you have arthritis and have found Geri-Fit to be beneficial to you, we want to hear from you. Please contact us at 1-888-437-4348 and share your story.
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February 12, 2014 - The Geri-Fit Company wins the 2013 Best Emerging Business award presented by the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) of southwest CA.
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January 30, 2014 - Geri-Fit makes the front page of the San Diego Union Tribune newspaper! The article discusses the many different Geri-Fit classes that are held at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center in Menifee and the upcoming Senior Activity Day that will be held on Wednesday, February 19. Seniors from all over can attend the event and sample many exercise programs for FREE that day. Mayor Scott Mann will be the keynote speaker and will be kicking off the continental breakfast at 8:30 am.
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January 23, 2014 - Santa Ana College is the first college in the country to offer the new Advanced Strength Training Techniques for Older Adults instructor training program. This course will be offered on Saturday, May 3 from 10 am- 6:00 pm. To register or for more info, visit this link at Santa Ana College's website.
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January 22, 2014 - The Menifee Buzz featured a news story about the new Geri-Fit Stretch class that is held at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center in Menifee, CA. To read the article, click here.
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January 16, 2014 - The new online Advanced Strength Training for Older Adults instructor training program gets approved by ACE and awarded 2.0 CECs, and 2.0 CEUs by NSCA. Now learn Geri-Fit from the convenience of your home and become a Senior Strength Training Specialist. For more information on this course that's available to instructors nationwide, follow this link.
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December 24, 2013 - The Menifee Buzz online newspaper wrote about the personal fitness training services offered to older adults at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center in Menifee, CA. Over 70 Geri-Fit classes are taught at their facility each week (group Geri-Fit classes, one-on-one Geri-Fit Private Lessons, and the new Geri-Flex™ stretch classes. To read the entire article, Click Here.
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December 1, 2013 - Neighbors Newspapers, the Inland Empire's largest free newspaper, writes about Geri-Fit exercise classes that will start in January 2014 at the City of Lake Elsinore, California. To read the announcement, see page 36 at this link.
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November 23, 2013 - The City of Lake Elsinore will begin offering Geri-Fit strength training exercise classes for older adults in January 2014 in addition to the company's other popular Body Sculpting program and Just Arms & Legs classes. To read the entire article that appeared on Patch, click here.
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September 20, 2013 - In recognition of National Fall Prevention Week, Globenewswire features four tips for helping seniors prevent falls. Geri-Fit is recommended as an exercise program that seniors can do in order to increase their strength. To read the article, Click Here.
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September 19, 2013 - The Geri-Fit Company is invited to attend VNA California's Health Fair tomorrow September 20th at Grand Isle in Murrieta, California. We'll be giving strength training tips and discussing ways in how to prevent falls, how to increase your balance in addition to the many services VNA California will offer such as free blood pressure screenings, Sit-to-Stand tests, nutrition tips and other useful healthcare for seniors.
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September 13, 2013 - Bloomberg Businessweek.com mentions the Silver&Fit® endorsement of the Geri-Fit® strength training exercise program. To read the article, visit this site. Yahoo Finance also featured the story on their website at this link.
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September 13, 2013 - CNBC.com picks up on the news story from American Specialty Health and features it on their website. To view the article on CNBC's website, click this link.
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September 12, 2013 - The Silver&Fit® endorsement of the Geri-Fit® strength training exercise program for older adults was released this morning at 6 am and instantly made national headlines. The Geri-Fit® training program is now available to instructors throughout the United States that want to learn how to teach Geri-Fit®. Geri-Fit® is an endorsed exercise program through the Silver&Fit Healthy Aging Program which is available to Medicare Advantage members. To read the entire article, visit American Specialty Health's website at this link.
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September 11, 2013 - The National Council on Aging and the Geri-Fit Company partner together to teach seniors the importance of strength training and fall prevention. During National Fall Prevention Week, participating Geri-Fit® locations will be offering FREE Geri-Fit exercise classes during the week of September 22-28. For more information, read NCOA's entire press release.
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September 10, 2013 - The Geri-Fit Company finalizes editing of its new instructor training dvd so that instructors from afar can learn the training methods needed to effectively teach the Geri-Fit® exercise program at health clubs, physical therapy centers, senior centers and other places that offer group exercise classes for older adults.
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August 26, 2013 - The Geri-Fit® exercise program was mentioned in the News and Notes for Go4Life® Team Members from the National Institute on Aging at NIH's (National Institute of Health) August monthly newsletter.
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August 19, 2013 - Geri-Fit® has partnered with the Go4Life® program through the National Institute of Health and the National Institute on Aging. Free information about senior health and exercise is available through their website at this link.
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August 1, 2013 - Geri-Fit® was featured in the Orange County Register reporting about Geri-Fit® exercise classes that are held in held in Tustin, California. A free trial class is available throughout the month of August to anyone who would like to try it out! Just show up any Tuesday or Thursday at 1:15 pm. Click HERE for directions and dates.
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July 23, 2013 - Geri-Fit® Strength Training for Seniors instructor training program receives CEC approval from the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and is awarded .8 CEC's. Geri-Fit's first national training program for instructors teaching at licensed facilities throughout the U.S. will be held on Saturday, November 9 in Temecula, CA.
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July 12, 2013 - Press Enterprise.... Geri-Fit loves you! Here's a wonderful article on the FREE trial Geri-Fit class that's being offered throughout the month of July at the French Valley Community Center in Murrieta. And, special thanks to Betty White! To read the article, just Click Here.
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June 3, 2013 - Special thanks to Southwest Riverside News for their story on Geri-Fit's expansion into Riverside County. Geri-Fit® and Body Sculpting™ classes will be offered at three new Riverside Parks and Recreation facilities such as Bordwell Park, Springbrook, and Nichols Park. To read the article, just Click Here.
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May 23, 2013 - The Geri-Fit Company partners with GlobalFit to offer insureds across the U.S. with fitness discounts to take Geri-Fit strength training exercise classes.
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May 7, 2013 - The Administration on Aging (AoA) Evidence-Based Programs Review Committee finds the Geri-Fit® program to meet the highest-level criteria, Title IIID, for AoA's evidence-based disease prevention and health promotion programs.
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February 28, 2013 - The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) approves the Geri-Fit Company LLC as a certified woman-owned business as well as an approved government vendor.
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January 13, 2013 - VNA California hosts the first Osteoporosis Workshop which was a sell out with more than 50 seniors attending this free event. Geri-Fit founder, Francesca Fisher, lead the workshop.
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Some of the many Geri-Fit® participants at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center in Menifee, CA. Age ranges are 62 to 94.
In memory of Jane Young (center) who passed away on Nov. 1, 2013.
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Tustin, California's classes started off on the right foot with an article in the Orange County Register on January 22, 2013. Many thanks to Elysse James for writing such a great article!
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Many thanks to the Press Enterprise for the great article on Geri-Fit's partnership with the Visiting Nurse Association of California where osteoporosis workshops will be conducted during the month of January, 2013.
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Southwest Riverside News Network published a story on January 7, 2013 about Medicare's new Advantage program where seniors can now exercise for free or at low cost thanks to Silver&Fit's umbrella of exercise programs which now includes Geri-Fit.
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Many thanks to NewsWeek Magazine for including Geri-Fit in its final December 31, 2012 commemorative print edition! We wish you much success with your new online NewsWeek version.
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Thanks to the North County Times for its Septemer 24, 2012 business announcement about our new location opening in Murrieta at the French Valley Community Center which is part of Valley-Wide Parks and Recreation District. Now Silver&Fit members can participate in the Geri-Fit exercise program for FREE! starting in 2013. To see if Geri-Fit is covered under your insurance plan, call the toll-free Member Services phone number on your insurance card or 1-800-MEDICARE. If Geri-Fit is not covered under your plan, suggest it and your insurance company will contact us so that free benefits are made available to you. To read the entire article in North County Times' Newspaper, CLICK HERE.
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Thanks to the Press Enterprise for its Business Spotlight interview with Geri-Fit's founder, Francesca Fisher. To read the online article, just click here.
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Geri-Fit opens three new locations in southern California at Valley-Wide Recreation Centers located in San Jacinto, Murrieta, and Winchester. For the complete article, click here.
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To read about the study that included the Geri-Fit exercise program, click here.
The study findings were also published in the American College of Sports Medicine Journal May, 2011: click here.
Here is a photo of some of the people that were involved in the study conducted by the University of Texas Arlington,
and CLICK HERE to view a small video about the study with Geri-Fit.
