The aim of the this course about Designing Exercise Programmes for Older Adults is to provide learners with the knowledge and skills required to design and adapt programmes to meet the needs of older adults.
Lessons include:
- Physical activity and health considerations for older adults
- Understanding the effects of ageing on the UK
- Physiological and biomechanical changes associated with ageing and the implications for physical activity
- Common medical conditions associated with ageing and their implications for physical activity
- Considerations of physical activity participation for older adults
- Adapting communication skills to engage with older
- Designing and adapting exercise programmes for older adults
- Principles of collecting information from older adults
- Identifying goals with older adults
- Principles of programme design for older adults
- Adapting teaching and instructing skills for older adults
- Planning physical activity for older adults
- Adapting exercise to meet the needs of older adults
