{"id":11223,"date":"2015-03-20T08:10:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T13:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=11223"},"modified":"2015-03-20T08:10:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T13:10:07","slug":"senior-centers-rev-up-physical-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/senior-centers-rev-up-physical-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior centers rev up physical activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Siyao Long<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Senior centers are no longer about Bingo for the 80-year-olds. \u00a0As more<\/span>\u00a0younger seniors in their 60s\u00a0are coming in,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholiccharities.net\/AboutUs\/ServiceAreas\/SeniorServices.aspx\">North Center Satellite Senior Center<\/a>\u00a0added \u00a0Zumba dancing, line dancing and more physical activities to the programs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Helen Tubog\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/122574563?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Helen Tubog seeks out Zumba rather than Bingo at the senior center.<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><!--more-->\u201cExcercise is No.1,\u201d said Helen Tubog,\u00a0 a 66-year-old Zumba lover. She dances at the North Center Satellite Senior Center and the Northeast (Levy) Senior Center every week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cLast January, I said to myself I have to go on,\u201d she said.\u00a0 After her second husband, Lorenzo Gabaisen, died in 2013 \u2014 only three years after they got married, Tubog decided to keep dancing and started volunteering at the North Center Satellite Senior Center as a dress-making teacher and massage therapist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhat can I do if I just sit in the house for two years?\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m stagnant.\u201d Before her husband died, Tubog and Gabaisen danced at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/bulls\/dance\/swingin_seniors.html\">Swingin\u2019 Seniors<\/a>, a senior cheerleader team of the Chicago Bulls. For Tubog, dancing has been a part of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While some people are questioning whether physical activities like Zumba are too much for the elderly, Tubog said she\u2019s just trying to do what she can. \u201cI have had diabetes since I was three years old,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I also have hypotension. If I\u2019m not taking the medications, I don\u2019t know if I can reach 80. I\u2019m just doing my best.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe have all the emergency equipments there,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholiccharities.net\/AboutUs\/ServiceAreas\/SeniorServices.aspx\">Mary Ann Bibat<\/a>, vice president of senior services at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholiccharities.net\/Home.aspx\">Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago<\/a>. The organization runs five senior centers, including the North Center Satellite Senior Center, a collaborative program with the city of Chicago\u2019s senior services. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bibat said they avoid risky physical activities like mountain climbing, but have brought a lot of creative programs, such as a senior Wii Bowling team, a swimming team for the Senior Olympics, senior proms and flash mobs. \u201cWe are seeing a lot more younger seniors coming in, and they want different things compared to the previous generation,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to 2012 U.S. census, baby boomers are reaching age 65 in record numbers. By 2030, one of every five Americans\u2014about 72 million\u00a0people\u2014will be an older adult.<\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: As more younger senior citizens in their 60s join senior centers, the centers are bringing more physical activities to their programs.\u00a0\u00a0 (Siyao Long\/Medill)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Siyao Long Senior centers are no longer about Bingo for the 80-year-olds. \u00a0As more\u00a0younger seniors in their 60s\u00a0are coming in,\u00a0North Center Satellite Senior Center\u00a0added \u00a0Zumba dancing, line dancing and more physical activities to the programs. 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