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August 2015 Health


Seniors Stretch Their Way to Fitness


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Black-Owned Health Provider Addresses Urban League Conference


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Officials for Trusted Health Plan, the only black-owned Medicaid managed care provider in the nation, took the opportunity this weekend to address the National Urban League conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on the challenges black women face in childbirth,


BY SARITA HIATT


SAN FRANCISCO – Deborah McNaulty makes it a point to never miss the free weekly senior yoga class at TriFusion Yoga Studio here in the Bayview.


fitness lover travels from her home in Bernal Heights to


The 61-year-old mother and stretch, twist,


and strengthen her body at the neighborhood studio.


For McNaulty, yoga is part of


a holistic fitness program that she adopted after she was told she had dangerously high blood pressure a few years ago.


“I was one of those people who put salt on everything. I was told I could have a heart attack or stroke,” she says.


Yoga Studio, decorated with colorful lanterns


plants, comes to live so far,” life “I don’t says


73-year-old Bessie Morris. “I can walk down here and get a little workout.”


The group has come to know each other and make friends through the


The recently opened TriFusion and


as seniors greet each other and the instructor, Armando Luna. Most of the students live in the neighborhood.


network of free fitness opportunities available in the neighborhood. The activities


offered are convenient


for seniors, the underemployed or unemployed adults to access.


Student Gloria Van der Horse, 87,


says “I enjoy coming here because I stopped work when I was 85. I worked a 40-hour job.” She said she wanted to continue keeping busy, and TriFusion provided her with a way.


TriFusion boasts a “Great Yoga


Wall,” complete with adjustable straps for students to stretch and balance with. The wall can appear intimidating at first, but Luna points with pride to senior after senior who has learned to use and enjoy it.


Dorothy Wesley, 78, had never tried yoga before, but decided to join the class because it sounded interesting to her. She began yoga after her heart surgery. She says the wall is “somewhat challenging for me, but exciting.” Now she recommends yoga to her friends and family.


“When I have visitors, they always want to come just to see what it’s like and get themselves introduced to it.”


Betty Shepard travels to the class from Daly City. She says she started


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high blood pressure. Robin


Barclay, provider's executive


heart disease, the director


health of


business development and outreach, joined several health care experts and policy makers Thursday at the "Soul Sister: African American Women's Health & Wellness" forum at the Broward Convention Center during the annual Urban League conference, which ran from July 29 to Aug. 1.


Barclay organization's


also discussed goal


her of closing


health care disparities among urban populations.


"In the first 12 months of operation


we have significantly improved care delivery for our members, including reducing emergency room visits by 25 percent, contrary to Obamacare


naysayers," she said, stressing in effect that President Obama's


Affordable


Health Care Act allows companies such as Trusted to create jobs and meet the growing demands of the health care industry.


In April, the D.C.-based company, which serves 30,000 Medicaid members,


opened a Health and


Wellness Outreach Center in Ward 7, the first of its kind in the U.S. targeting Medicaid beneficiaries.


The Urban League has been a


strong voice on health care reform for minorities in urban cities nationwide.


In 2012, the organization released


a report, "The State of Urban Health: Eliminating Health Disparities to Save Lives and Cut Costs," which examined the economic impact disparities in the nation.


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