Exercise Leadership in Cardiac Rehabilitation: An evidence-based approach
Exercise Leadership in Cardiac Rehabilitation: An evidence-based approach by Morag Thow. Available on Amazon.
Exercise and Fitness for the Older Adult
Exercise and Fitness for the Older Adult by the American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness and edited by Wayne H. Osness. Available from Amazon.
Promoting Exercise and Behavior Change in Older Adults
Promoting Exercise and Behavior Change in Older Adults: Interventions with the Transtheoretical Model by Patricia M. Burbank and Deborah Riebe. Available from Amazon.
Strength and Balance Exercises for Healthy Ageing Booklet
This A4 work book is a step-by-step guide of chair-based and standing exercises to improve strength and balance. Each exercise is clearly illustrated and described, one per page, within a spiral-bound stand. The pages can be easily displayed and flipped over during a workout. You can either buy the booklet (click here), or you can…
Staying Steady
There are lots of simple things you can do to help you stay steady on your feet. This guide has information for everyone, whether you’re fit and active, have difficulty walking and getting around, or are worried about falling. Download this leaflet free from Age UK.
Don’t mention the F Word!
Research from Help the Aged (now AgeUK) and the University’s of Southampton & Manchester, examines the attitudes and feelings of older people towards falls prevention services and resources. It explores different approaches and ways of communicating falls prevention messages to older people, as well as ways of encouraging older people to take up falls prevention…
Get Active Today – Ethnic minority elders
A DVD specifically aimed at promoting physical activity within black and ethnic minority elders, produced following research by PRIAE. Further information about PRIAE can be found here.
To download an order form from PRIAE click here
Cost – suggested donation of £1.50 plus p & p.
Be Strong, Be Steady Video
Be Strong, Be Steady strength and balance exercises for healthy ageing by Help the Aged. This video contains a programme of chair-based and standing exercises devised specifically for older people. The programme is introduced by people who describe the important role exercise plays in their lives. Each exercise is demonstrated by a specialist and then…
Step to the Future Exercise Video and DVD
Step to the Future is a new programme of exercises from Help the Aged. Presented by Seona Ross, who celebrated her 90th birthday that year (and now in memory of her wonderful teaching skills as she sadly passed away late 2011), and advised by postural stability experts Sheena Gawler and Susie Dinan, this programme of…
Strong Women, Strong Bones
Miriam E. Nelson & Sarah Wernick MD. Gives some basic information on the skeletal structure, how bones work and what they need, and also includes advice for men on how to adapt the plan for themselves.
Paperback, 318p, Perigee Books 2001. Glossary, index.
ISBN:0749921382
Or you can buy from Amazon, click here.
http://www.50plushealth.co.uk/index.cfm?Articleid=2398