Physical Activity

Falls are the leading cause of injury and death among seniors. Most falls however are avoidable with appropriate education, awareness, screening, assessment, intervention, and prevention. The Windsor Essex Community Health Centre Falls Prevention Screening Clinic is a group of health care providers from the community who work with seniors to help maintain their independence and reduce their risk of having a fall. To learn more, visit the Windsor Essex Community Health Centre’s Falls Prevention Program.

Are you at risk for a fall?

Evidence shows that healthy aging can help prevent and slow the progression of chronic disease and disability further decreasing the strain on the healthcare system and improving the personal health of our aging population

A fall can happen to anyone, at any age anywhere; however, there are factors that increase the risk of having a fall that can be addressed.

Mental illness can be defined as a condition that is characterized by alterations in mood, thinking, and/or behaviour, and associated with symptoms of significant distress and decreased functioning. There are a wide variety of mental illnesses, ranging from mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, eating disorders, schizophrenia, problem gambling, and substance use disorders.

In order to ensure that Canadians are getting enough physical activity, the Canadian 24 Movement Guidelines (C24MG) have been created to help provide people of all ages with standards and recommendations that they can follow in order to reduce their risk of non-communicable

The following are some key resources, websites and apps, that can help you get and stay active. These resources include tips to being active, links to other physical activity websites, links to trails, maps, and facilities in your area where you can be active, and apps., that can help to enhance your physical activity experience and a whole lot more!

Access to recreation means being able to participate in all forms of physical activity to improve health, develop skills, or build self-esteem.  Having this access means recreation is affordable, it is within your community and it includes all types of cultures, ages, and ability levels. Affordable recreation helps to support social inclusion, increases self-confidence, improved physical and mental health, and overall quality of life.

Active transportation is all about getting our bodies moving! It involves using “self-propelled” transportation such as bicycling, walking or running, in-line skating or skateboarding, skiing or snowshoeing, to help get us around where we need to go. Active transportation offers many benefits to us, and the communities we live and grow in.

The following local community programs and services will help you to get and stay active! Check back often as we will be updating this site as new information becomes available. Below are some of the key programs and services that can help you get active and stay active.