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Geriatric Exercises - Articles
On engaging the elderly in exercise programming
by
Stan Cohen
Posted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:04pm
Sheila Lehner, life mem RAD
Benevolent Ballet Fall Prevention Program
We all know the importance of exercise to improve health, prevent falls and improve the overall quality of life for the elderly. The challenge is in motivating this population to participate and do so to the best of their ability. The goals of an exercise regiment cannot
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Senior fitness, exercise for seniors, and elder lifestyle fitness programs
by
Stan Cohen
Posted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:04pm
for our senior population? I have to say; we have heard all our lives that exercise and diet are important and it only makes sense that as we age this importance would continue... that just because we age our feelings about exercise are going to dramatically change?
One key is finding an exercise that is applicable. I am going to discuss our older seniors
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Exercise Prevents Atrial Fibrillation in Elderly
by
Mellanie H.
Posted
Thu 19 Feb 2009 6:31pm
A new study in Circulation indicates that light exercise can help prevent atrial fibrillation in older people, reducing the risk 22 to 44 percent.
That sounds great, but is exercise right for everyone, especially elderly? Probably not, especially if we already have atrial fibrillation. Exercise brings on atrial fibrillation in some people; it stops
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Wheelchair Exercise - Ask and Minding Our Elders Will Research!
by
Carol Bradley Bursack
Posted
Thu 14 May 2009 4:32pm
I received a comment on the blog (very nice, thank you), in which the writer asked about wheelchair exercise. I told the writer that I would look into it. I found many sites, but a lot of them are more about sales than about information. There's nothing wrong with selling things - we all have to eat (see my book on the right?) - but I do believe
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Exercise choreography to reduce falls in elderly
by
Dr. John Z.
Posted
Wed 01 Dec 2010 12:00am
exercise program to determine if such a program would lead to improvements in gait and balance, and reduce falls and the risk of falling in community-dwelling older adults. The study...
JAMA / Archives - Introducing a music-based multitask exercise program
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Elderly Exercise
by
Brandon Goulding
Posted
Sun 18 Mar 2012 10:59am
Exercise is important for people of all ages, but especially for those in their golden years. Sarcopenia - degenerative changes to bone and muscle due to agin - predisposes elderly persons to impaired mobility, the need to home services and/or hospitalization, and falls with subsequent injury related to said fall.
The changes in bone m ...
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Physical Exercise and Brain Health
by
Alvaro F.
Posted
Thu 26 Jun 2008 12:00am
Have you heard of or read John Ratey’s book “Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and The Brain”? According to Harvard Psychiatry Professor John Ratey nothing beats exercise for promoting brain heath.
I am sure you have also heard that exercising your mind promotes brain health.
What is the connection between physical
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Physical Exercise and Your Mental Fitness
by
Dr. Hal S.
Posted
Sun 06 Dec 2009 8:30am
. Amen's article on the power of physical exercise and mental fitness. Dr. Amen talked about the 10 ways exercise helps obtain a "mental edge". Exercise really helps in regard... rather than medications to improve the quality of their lives. Regular physical exercise is an important way to nurture your brain.
I encourage you to read Dr.Amen's article
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