Download or read book More Than Movement for Fit to Frail Older Adults written by Pauline P. Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical resource uses dance, art, poetry, sensory training, and intergenerational games to encourage movement among older adults of varying abilities. Filled with ideas for stimulating creativity, motivating body movement, and fostering a sense of physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being, More than Movement for Fit to Frail Older Adults is an indispensable tool that makes group activities fun and rewarding. Valuable guidelines are provided for helping clients sharpen perceptual skills, reawaken senses, and increase social interaction; rediscover creativity and share oral histories; master relaxation and stress management techniques; improve balance, flexibility, and strength; and enhance joint articulation and range of motion. Professionals in adult day care centers, senior centers, nursing homes, and other group settings will benefit from the easy-to-lead activities and the wealth of ideas for working with older adults.
Download or read book Exercise for Aging Adults written by Gail M. Sullivan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-10 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book translates the new findings in exercise research for the elderly for busy practitioners, trainees, students and administrators. This book provides practical strategies that can be implemented immediately in the common settings in which practitioners care for adults. The format includes key points and case examples which showcase the strong evidence supporting exercise by older adults as a key tool to enhance health, prevent serious outcomes, such as hospitalization and functional loss, and as part of the treatment plan for diseases that are common in older adults. Written by experts in the field of exercise in older persons, this book is a guide to maintaining quality of life and functional independence from frail to healthy aging adults. Strategies and exercises are discussed for specific care settings and illustrated via links to video examples, to ensure readers can immediately apply described techniques. Exercise for Aging Adults: A Guide for Practitioners is a useful tool for physicians, residents in training, medical students, physical therapists, gerontology advance practice nurse practitioners, assisted living facility administrators, directors of recreation, and long-term care directors.
Download or read book More Than Movemnet for Fit to Frail Older Adults written by Pauline Postiloff Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exercise for Frail Elders written by Elizabeth Best-Martini and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the older adult population increases, so does the demand for fitness professionals who understand the capabilities and special needs of seniors with illnesses, disabilities, chronic disorders, and sedentary lifestyles. Exercise for Frail Elders, Second Edition, is the only exercise fitness guidebook that focuses on working with frail elders and adults with special conditions. It is an invaluable resource for improving functional fitness, maintaining aspects of independent living, and enhancing quality of life. With Exercise for Frail Elders, Second Edition, readers will gain a deeper understanding of 14 medical conditions common to older adults, how these conditions may affect participants’ ability to perform activities of daily living, and what exercises can help them maintain and increase functional fitness. This book focuses on special needs stemming from conditions including arthritis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, orthopedic issues, osteoporosis, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease. The updated second edition provides a broader focus on balance, a critical component of any functional fitness program, to aid in designing classes that incorporate various stability exercises. Exercises that provide significant benefits to balance are indicated with a symbol to ensure effective program design. Additional features of this edition include the following: · Learning objectives at the beginning and review questions at the conclusion of each chapter provide a framework for understanding. · Reproducible forms provide readers with easy-to-use appraisals, questionnaires, and exercise logs for evaluating clients. · Checklists and reference charts highlight key areas of concern and consider specific needs when planning functional fitness programs for clients. · Guidelines and safety precautions for special conditions and how they apply to range-of-motion exercises, resistance training, aerobic exercise, and stretching have been updated. · Specific exercise instructions, including variations and progression options, show professionals how to add interest and challenge for participants. · Suggested resources encourage exercise leaders to continue their education. To enhance learning and program development, the text is divided into two parts. Part I covers planning an exercise program for frail elders or adults with special needs, including knowing the needs of class participants, motivating students to exercise, and keeping them safe while participating. It also offers strategies for success, including basic class structure creating a sense of fun and community. Part II covers implementation of a successful program, including course design, warm-up and cool-down, and exercises for range of motion, resistance training, aerobic training, and stretching, with their variations. Over 150 photos illustrate safe and effective execution of the exercises. Exercise for Frail Elders, Second Edition, is an easy-to-follow resource for working with elderly individuals in assisted living and nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, hospitals, day centers, senior centers, recreation and community centers, and home health care environments. This unique guide has the hands-on information necessary for creating safe and effective exercise programs and understanding medical disorders, safety precautions for specific disorders, and implications for exercise. Readers will learn to design and teach a dynamic fitness program for older adults—and keep it fun, safe, and functional—with Exercise for Frail Elders.
Download or read book Functional Fitness for Older Adults written by Patricia A. Brill and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2004 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Older adults are liable to resist exercise, yet remaining active is crucial in enabling them to retain or regain a reasonable quality of life. This text is an illustrated guide for activity professionals working with mature adults over the age of 65, especially those who have reduced quality of life.
Download or read book Creative Movement for Older Adults written by Pauline P. Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fit Fabulous written by Penelope Lane and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-02-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No-nonsense aging is not a passive process. This book does not encourage you to simply accept your fate, don rose-coloured glasses, and ignore the fact that, yes, you are getting older. You are aging. But you can let go of the stiff, frail, vague version of yourself and embrace this truth: Aging is not a hopeless process of loss and deterioration. There are a lot of books out there on weight loss, exercise, and the physical activities beneficial to your health. There are even books out there on aging gracefully, whatever that means for you. There are very few - if any - books out there for us older folks that give a concrete approach to the physical, cognitive, and emotional exercises centered around maintaining the whole person you are. This book is user-friendly, providing connection, education, and simple practices that can drastically heighten the positives of your day-to-day life while allowing you to cope well with the negatives that will unquestioningly come. You do not control the fact that you are aging, but you do control the way you age! If you take control of what you can - which I promise is more than you currently think! - its infectious nature will touch your spouse, your children, your grandchildren, your friends, and your neighbors. You can do this. Become the Fit and Fabulous you. -- Penelope Lane is an expert in fitness, psychology, cognitive health, and mindfulness. As a Fitness Trainer, Clinical Psychologist, and Mindfulness Teacher, she has been helping women improve their fitness, strength, mobility, brainpower, and emotional health for more than 34 years. Combining years of experience in psychology and fitness, she has designed a program to support women over 50 to unlock their best physical, cognitive, and emotional health. She is committed to helping others like herself to find their strength, vibrancy, confidence, and independence as older adults.
Download or read book ABLE Bodies Balance Training written by Sue Scott and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2008 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "ABLE Bodies Balance Training" offers an activity-based program to improve balance and mobility for both fit and frail older adults. This practical instructor's guide provides more than 130 balance and mobility exercises that enhance older adults' abilities to maintain balance in completing their everyday tasks.
Download or read book 10 Minute Strength Training for Seniors written by Kristen Carter and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does aging make you often feel weak, sometimes it's hard even just to stand up? Does sudden movement or a big range of movement cause pain to your body? Do you struggle to try to keep up with your grandchildren? Aging is never easy for anyone, but it doesn't mean that health decline is inevitable. There's no more need for seniors to feel like they're missing out in life and not being able to do what they want. Health and fitness are not exclusive to the young. Even older adults can be strong, healthy individuals and live their best lives. If you are looking to regain your strength, energy, and stamina. The strength training exercises in this book will guide you to regaining that stronger version of yourself. My name is Kristen Carter, and I have been working with older adults for many years in the area of health and fitness. Through my years of experience, I was able to put together this easy 8-Week Strength Training program suitable for seniors. In this book, you will find out How your muscles work What happens to your muscles as you get older, and how to keep them working with vigor and youthful exuberance. Strength training exercises that are most recommended for older adults How to build strength for each muscle group The 8-week strength training program Age is really just a number, and so many seniors have discovered this for themselves. They're out there enjoying the world's pleasures even at their age, and now you can also discover what they have discovered about keeping the body strong and flexible. Don't buy into the lie that older individuals are frail and dependent. With the right strengthening and conditioning, seniors can still move around independently, accomplish various daily tasks, explore the world, and enjoy a high quality of life. Today is the first day of your journey towards a healthier, stronger, better version of yourself. So get this book now and find out all you need to know about your biggest transformation yet.
Download or read book Elder Fit written by Diane Penner and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Working with Elderly People written by A. Murphy and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Care staff and voluntary workers in day centres and residential homes for elderly people have often expressed a need for a comprehensive, readable book to guide them through their first days and help them cope with any problems that may arise. This practical and imaginative handbook draws on the long experience of an occupational therapist working with elderly people in day centres. It provides a fund of advice on caring for people who may be frail, have communication difficulties or mobility problems. It describes how to design and organise a centre, how to use mobility aids and handle wheelchairs, how to move old people and adjust their hearing aids. The author even explains how to repair a wheelchair in an emergency. The second part of the book describes a huge range of stimulating activities, from craftwork and games to cookery, music and gardening, outings and exchanging reminiscences. Old people left with nothing to do rapidly lose their mental agility and interest in life. With a little encouragement, despite any disabilities, they can continue to acquire new interests and play a useful role in the community, and the materials and resources needed will often be donated or acquired very cheaply. The fully updated second edition is copiously illustrated with practical line drawings, and there is an extensive appendix providing useful addresses, helpful books and a listing of some of the conditions that may affect elderly people.
Download or read book Mindfulness Based Elder Care written by Lucia McBee, LCSW, MPH and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-03-21 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "She shares with us her gold - the conception, trial and error implementation, and initial scientific investigation of a new, educationally-oriented treatment approach that she has named mindfulness-based elder care (MBEC)."-from the Foreword by Saki Santorelli, EdD, MA, Associate Professor of Medicine,Executive Director, Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and SocietyUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School Drawing on years of experience as a geriatric social worker and mindfulness-based stress reduction practitioner, the author has taken Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program and adapted it to the particular needs of elders, their families, and professional caregivers. Mindfulness practices focus on abilities, rather than disabilities, in order to provide paths to the inner strengths and resources that we all possess. McBee's Mindfulness-Based Elder Care conveys the benefits of mindfulness through meditation, gentle yoga, massage, aromatherapy, humor, and other creative therapies to this special population. She provides clear, concise instructions for her program, as well as a wealth of anecdotal and experiential exercises, to help readers at all levels of experience. Hers is the first book to fully explore the value of mindfulness models for frail elders and their caregivers. Features of this groundbreaking volume include: Valuable tips for establishing programs to address each population's specific needs and restrictions Designed for short classes or 8-week courses Detailed experiential exercises for the reader Replete with case studies Clear, easy-to-follow instructions for elders and caregivers at all levels This innovative book is suitable for use with a variety of populations such as nursing home residents with physical and cognitive challenges, community-dwelling elders, direct-care staff, and non-professional caregivers.
Download or read book Technology for Adaptive Aging written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-04-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging and currently available technologies offer great promise for helping older adults, even those without serious disabilities, to live healthy, comfortable, and productive lives. What technologies offer the most potential benefit? What challenges must be overcome, what problems must be solved, for this promise to be fulfilled? How can federal agencies like the National Institute on Aging best use their resources to support the translation from laboratory findings to useful, marketable products and services? Technology for Adaptive Aging is the product of a workshop that brought together distinguished experts in aging research and in technology to discuss applications of technology to communication, education and learning, employment, health, living environments, and transportation for older adults. It includes all of the workshop papers and the report of the committee that organized the workshop. The committee report synthesizes and evaluates the points made in the workshop papers and recommends priorities for federal support of translational research in technology for older adults.
Download or read book Generational Intelligence written by Simon Biggs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of communication and understanding between different generations is emerging as a key issue for the twenty-first century. The advent of ageing populations may lead to increased conflict or solidarity in society, and provokes a profound ambivalence both in public and in the private sphere. In a new approach, Biggs and Lowenstein offer a critical examination of Generational Intelligence as one way of addressing these issues. How easy is it to put yourself in the shoes of someone of a different age group? What are the personal, interpersonal and social factors that affect our perceptions of the ‘age other’? What are the key issues facing families, workplaces and communities in an ageing society? This book sets out a way of thinking about interpersonal relations based on age, and the question of communication between people of different ages and generations. The book challenges existing orthodoxies for relations between adults of different ages and draws out steps that can be taken to increase understanding between generational groups. The authors outline a series of steps that can be taken to enhance Generational Intelligence, examine existing theories and social issues, and suggest new directions for sustainable relations between generational groups.
Download or read book Still Kicking written by Abby V. Brown-Watson and published by Health Professions Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still Kicking reveals a proven approach to improving the health and outlook of frail older adults living in the community or a facility. This practical guide provides all the tools needed to start and run your own restorative group program. Includes step-by-step instructions for 58 support-group activities and 71 physical exercises and games. Plus, find advice on how to design your own program, decide whom the program should serve, recruit/train group leaders, and prepare older adults for the group experience. You can easily adapt this simple, cost-effective model to various settings, including church congregations, retirement homes, senior centers, assisted living, and nursing and rehabilitation facilities.
Download or read book Home Health Care Provider written by Emily Prieto, MBA, LSW and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-06-09 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to foster quality care to home care recipients. It is written for companions, home health aides, and other care givers who deliver non-medical home care. Prieto provides information, tips, and techniques on personal care routines as well as additional responsibilities that are often necessary in this work, including home safety and maintenance, meal planning, errand running, caring for couples, and making use of recreational time. Going beyond standard nurses' aide training manuals, the book focuses on the psycho-social needs of home care recipients, stressing the need to maintain the house as a home and sustaining the recipient's way of life throughout caregiving situations. Prieto stresses interpersonal skills that benefit recipient and caregiver, creating a systematic, easy-to-follow plan for delivering quality service and maintaining, or improving, quality of life.
Download or read book The Positive Interactions Program of Activities for People with Alzheimer s Disease written by Sylvia Nissenboim and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For too long, caregiving has been done to people with Alzheimer's disease on the assumption they can no longer do anything for themselves. But increasingly, care providers are recognizing how much can be done with someone with dementia - that activities and interactions can be enjoyable for both care receiver and caregiver. The Positive Interactions Program of Activities for People with Alzheimer's Disease outlines an individualized approach that helps you customize your activities to the existing needs and abilities of a person at any stage in the disease. Featuring 92 step-by-step activities for immediate implementation, this book also provides valuable communication tips that promote positive interactions in each of four categories: creative arts, daily living skills, physical exercise, and sensory experiences. Professionals in a range of settings - activity directors, social workers, home health caregivers, nurses, nursing assistants, and volunteers - as well as family caregivers can use this activity program to enhance the quality of life of someone in their care.
