Leading an Active Life

Leading an Active Life

Staying active and engaged in the life of the community is a vital key to well-being and independence. People who volunteer with organizations and causes they support, for example, enhance not just their sense of vitality but their physical health. That’s what the research shows.

There are lots of ways to stay active: In addition to the resources on volunteering in this section, you’ll want to check out our travel and leisure resources. Staying active can also be enhanced by how you design or redesign your home to be accessible and support independent living for the long-term.

Volunteering

Ensuring That Your Home is Accessible Long-Term

• Universal Design and Adaptive Design
• Adapting a Home for Independent Living
• Funding Home Adaptations or Accessible Housing

Prepared for Corning Credit Union by Remar Sutton & Associates, May 2005. Reviewed and updated May 2007. All rights reserved.