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Ramping
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From the Experience! Archives
If your facility is planning to
launch a senior-specific exercise program or if you’d like to infuse
new life into existing services to ensure their continued success,
this article by SFA President Janie Clark offers some suggestions on
how to start or ramp up your senior fitness programming.
Whole-Person
Wellness
for Vital Living
Don’t miss this five part
series from wellness expert Jan Montague, MGS.
Why Wellness? Why Now?
The Wellness Concept
The Six Dimensions of Personal
Wellness
Research and the Wellness Model
Nurture a Wellness State of Mind
International Curriculum Guidelines
for Preparing Physical Activity
Instructors of Older Adults.
This 2004 industry leading
document was prepared by Nancy A. Ecclestone, Canada and C.
Jessie Jones, United States in Collaboration with the Aging and Life
Course, World Health Organization.
National Standards
for Preparing
Senior Fitness Instructors
The original groundbreaking standards document by SFA Advisory
Board member C. Jesse Jones, J. & SFA President Janie Clark was
first published in 1998 in the Journal of Aging and Physical
Activity 6, 207-221
Whole-Person Wellness for Seniors
Something
noteworthy is happening in Lenexa, Kansas. SFA professional Jan
Montague, MGS, and her colleagues are conducting a major wellness
initiative at Lenexa’s Lakeview Village life-care community.
Conductorcise®
Maestro David
Dworkin brings a new excitement to fitness with his innovative
exercise program Conductorcise®.
An informative update
on the most current scientific evidence of yoga’s restorative powers by
Sara Kooperman and Lisa Ackerman
The American Senior Fitness Association (SFA) hopes you’ll enjoy this
essay which ponders connections among retirement, travel, fitness and
health in a modern and ever-changing world.
Note: When the article above was published,
we asked SFA
members to tell us about their favorite getaways and vacation spots —
especially exercise-friendly places where mature adults can conveniently
enjoy wholesome physical activity.
Click here
to check out some of the surprising responses we received!
Click on “Trendsetters” to learn more about Ward Luthi, Christine
Schnitzer, Maggie Spilner and their innovative Walk 500 program.
More from the archives:
International Curriculum Guidelines
for Preparing Physical Activity Instructors of Older Adults.
National
Standards for Preparing Senior Fitness Instructors
Jones, J. & Clark (1998), Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 6,
207-221
Strength Training Elderly Nursing Home Patients:
Research from
Dr. Wayne Westcott:
Keeping Fit:
A
Positive Approach to the Aging Process: Dr. Wayne Westcott
Senior Fitness Internship Program:Announcing
an exciting opportunity to get “hands-on” older adult fitness experience
and to earn SFA approved continuing education credits all at no charge!
Successful Wellness Centers: A Case Study:
Take this opportunity to learn from successful professionals regarding
the creation of a successful senior wellness program. An informative
article by Jan
Montague, Wiley Piazza and Kim Peters of Montague, Eippert and
Associates.
CLICK HERE
“GIVE ME A BREAK”:
Senior Exercise Instructors, if you’re feeling tired, worn out and
uncreative, here is some sound advice from Mary Ann Wilson, R.N.,
host of PBS television’s popular exercise series SIT AND BE FIT.
Speaking Their Language:
Communicating the Message of Physical Activity to Older Adults Just Got
Easier from Colin Milner, CEO of the International Council on
Active Aging (ICAA)
Senior Fitness Exercise Case Study:
In this
case study, an 82-year old, male Alzheimer’s patient, in relatively
good health, has been referred to SFA certified Senior Personal
Trainer, Bev Mickelson, M.A., for an exercise program. The study
demonstrates the importance of being adaptable, patient and
persistent when working with elderly populations.
Market Your Way Out of a Stuck-at-the- Bottom Economy:
You
can grow your senior fitness business in 2005! Click above for the
second in a series of eye opening articles by Roberta Guise, MBA, that
will help you reach your goals! A marketing consultant and speaker, Ms.
Guise owns San Francisco based Guise Marketing and PR.
A Goal for Senior Exercisers – Functional Fitness
Strength Training for Older Adults – What to Expect
We look forward to your comments and suggestions and hope that you will
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Senior Fitness Professionals … let
the public know
about your older adult exercise program for free!
List
your senior fitness program with the
Mature
Fitness Network. This free service for older adults and for the
senior fitness specialists that serve them, is under development.
Click here for more information.
Attention Colleges and Universities! Now
available: Vital college-credit and adult education Senior Fitness
Specialist courses from the American Senior Fitness Association –
complete, ready and easy for your school to implement.
Click here to learn more.
