February 2016 Volume 15, Number 10
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Grace Ondich works out weekly with Center at the Mall fitness instructor Tracy Costo.
LIFE Beaver County makes living independently at home an option for seniors In August of 2012, Beaver Falls resident Grace Ondich, 77, fell while in her apartment and broke her hip. This injury left her unable to live safely in her own residence. Then she learned about the LIFE Beaver County and was accepted into the program in April 2013. “When I first joined LIFE, I was in a wheelchair,” Grace recalls. “Once enrolled, I was able
to get involved in physical therapy and rehab, and gradually moved from using a wheelchair to a walker to a cane.” Once Grace was released from the physical therapy program and able to return home, she continued coming to the LIFE Day Center every Monday through Friday. “It was around this time that I learned about
the Center at the Mall and their fitness center,” she says. Because Grace was so motivated to continue her progress, LIFE Beaver County decided to offer her a three-month membership to the fitness center at Center at the Mall. She began taking public transportation from the LIFE center every Tuesday and Friday to work 2015 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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