Senior Day ProgramHmong Youth & Parents United's Senior Day Program is focused on empowering Hmong elders to live healthier lives! This program takes place two times a week on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We provide snacks and lunch along with hands-on activities and workshops to promote healthier lifestyle habits and improve the overall well-being and health of our participants.
We invite all seniors over the age of 55 years to attend. For additional questions, please fill out the form below to be contacted by Nong Yang, Senior Day Program Interim Coordinator. You can also contact her at 916-267-1290 or nong.yang@hypu.org |
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Daily Schedule:
10:00 a.m. - Morning Snacks
10:30 a.m. - Stretches and Exercise 11:00 a.m. - Activity 12:00 p.m. - A Healthy Lunch 12:30 p.m. - Free Time 1:00 p.m. - Activity 2:00 p.m. - Clean up |
Our Activities
Art & Expression
Art is a form of therapy that promotes health among the elderly. A way to creatively express, it gives elders a sense of control that they might not always feel, which allows them to develop individual mastery. Boosting both behavioral and cognitive conditions that improve self-esteem and increases social interaction. In our program art is a daily activity. This includes coloring, drawing, origami, painting, beading, paper crafts, and even vision boarding.
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Health Education
Healthy living starts with healthy habits. We approach health from a holistic perpective, promoting physical health and mental well-being through hands-on learning. Each morning we start off the day with stretching and exercise as a group. Alongside this we also host health-focused group discussions, workshops, and presentations. Some of our collaborations in the past have included educational discussions on issues like cancer, diabetes, high-blood pressure, and high cholesterol. We've also hosted various presentations with The Healing Life Center, Meals on Wheels, and the Hmong Nurse Association. This summer, we partnered with H.L.U.B. Clinic for monthly health screenings. Currently, we are working with Dignity Health to host free classes on diabetes in the Hmong language, through the Diabetes & Empowerment Education Program.
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Nutrition
We provide morning snacks and a healthy lunch on a daily basis. Our lunches are prepared by staff and include brown rice, locally grown Hmong vegetables, along with chicken/fish/pork/or turkey catered and donated by Jimmy's Deli Soul Food & Hmong Cuisine. Nutrition is a topic often incorporated into our health education. Currently, we are working on a Healthy Hmong Recipe Book with recipes from the elders themselves. This summer we also started a small community garden which provided squash, cucumbers, herbs, cherry tomatoes, and fresh chili peppers to the kitchen.
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Games and Social Activities
Games and group activities encourage socializing. We play a variety of active and critical-thinking games like corn hole, tuj lub, chess, charades, and even bingo -- which help many of the seniors familiarize themselves with numbers and counting. To help them become more familiar with letters, we've taught them how to do word search sheets both in Hmong and English. Seniors are encouraged to participate in our daily activities to win raffle tickets, which are then entered into a monthly drawings to win prizes!
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Fieldtrips
Occassionally we are able to take our seniors on field trips! In June, a group of us attended a WWE Smackdown show at the Golden 1 Center thanks to generous ticket donations from the City of Sacramento. In August, we gave our seniors, many of whom have never received a formal education, the opportunity to tour Sacramento State University. The trip was made possible in collaboration with Project Hmong. Learn more about it by clicking here!
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