Senior Living Community Uses Virtual Exercise Program

Heritage Senior Living in Wisconsin implemented a virtual exercise regimen to keep residents fit and engaged during the pandemic, reports WQOW TV-18 . The community uses Spiro100, a digital workout program geared for residents in independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities. "Approximately over 60 percent of residents are participating in Spiro100," said Heritage Director of Community Relations Cherilyn Yealey. "It's been an overwhelmingly positive response from our residents." Residents can check out a tablet and access more than 100 different workout videos at their fingertips. "Somebody who is maybe coming back from rehab and needing to go full speed into their routine is going to be doing a higher functioning video than somebody who is maybe less capable of doing those things," Yealey noted. She said Spiro100 workout program videos range between 15 and 20 minutes long, on average, and Heritage intends to offer the virtual workout program after the pandemic.