Exercise for Frail Elders-2nd Edition
Elizabeth Best-Martini
Language: English
Pages: 336
ISBN: 1450416098
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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.
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Gravity. Agility training helps to compensate for some of the age-associated changes in balance and speed. For example, a client may be experiencing vision problems, spinal changes because of osteoporosis, and a hesitancy to increase the speed of movements and gait because of fear of falling again. This combination slows speed and response time and increases the likelihood of another fall. So adding speed and power (agility) to simple seated and standing exercises helps build a participant’s.
Selfesteem, or have visual and auditory losses. Lack of participation may occur for many reasons. By getting to know your individual participants, you will be able to help them become more active and feel better about themselves. The fitness leader needs to know as much as she or he can about each participant and then be responsible for creating the group experience. Participants look to the leader to take control, address behaviors or issues that arise, motivate, and always keep the group goals.
Exercises without holding onto the chair.” The feedback that you give needs to be specific and concrete, and you should give it when you observe a change or improvement. By doing so, you can correct improper form before it becomes a habit. Individual feedback can also be given one on one after class. Use this approach for participants who are easily embarrassed in the group setting. The progress of some of your participants may seem slow and, at times, doubtful. If a participant feels.
Back muscles are prone to weakness, especially with disuse as people age, it can be worthwhile (when participants are ready) to do one set of the basic Seated Two-Arm Row (exercise 5.2) and another set with an underhand grip or overhand grip variation. For many other ideas for varying and progressing your class, see chapter 8, including “Duration of Resistance Training.” Summary A common myth is that seniors are too old to lift weights. In general, frail elders and adults with special needs can.
Frequently. Varying the aerobic exercises promotes several benefits: • Decreased risk of overuse injury • Better conditioning of joints and muscles by working them through different angles • Improved coordination and balance • Mental stimulation, which supports cognitive health • Discouraging boredom and increasing interest and enjoyment 3. You can perform a specific exercise, proceed through a series of other moves, and then repeat the original exercise or a variation of it. In fact, you can.