Kai Ming Association for Taijiquan
Falls Prevention using Tai Chi. Courses and 1 day Workshops as well as regular classes
Tel: 07831 743 737 & 01527 835 557
Website: http://www.kaiming.co.uk/
Jabadao Centre for Movement Studies
Jabadao Centre for Movement Studies, (Local Training for Dance and older people)
Branch House, 18, Branch Road, Armley, Leeds LS12 3AQ
Tel: 0113 231 0650
Website: www.jabadao.org/
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…
Therapeutic Activities For The Elderly
by Joanne Oram
A guide for Recreational and Diversional Therapists including a comprehensive A – Z list of 150 activity ideas, bingo/housie call outs list, quizzes, word games and a whole lot more.
The Successful Activity Co-ordinator: 2nd Edition
For activity and care staff engaged in developing an active care home. Obtainable from Age UK and NAPA.
World Health Organisation: Active Ageing Resources
The WHO have produced a number of publications on how to increase activity in older people, including the Heidelberg Guidelines on Promotion of Activity to Older People. These documents are available in a number of different languages. All links available on this URL.
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
Physical Activity Instruction of Older Adults
C. Jones, Debra Rose. The first book to detail the fundamental knowledge and skills associated with the curriculum standards for training physical activity instructors of older adults. The proposed standards were developed by a national coalition of senior fitness specialists and published in 1998 in the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. Physical Activity Instruction…