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Recreation
for Older Adults:
Individual and Group Activities
by Judith A. Elliott and Jerold E. Elliott
This
book has been written for the recreation
professional and anyone else who works
with older adults in the field of recreation.
It provides low-cost, client-intensive
recreation programming ideas for older
adults, regardless of the level at which
they are able to function. Anyone working
with people with disabilities may utilize
these ideas, but they have been designed
and tested for use with older adults.
A
majority of the activities in the book
are designed for use with clients who
must have individual attention from a
staff member in order to participate.
The activities are designed for older
adults who may or may not be physically
frail, but who exhibit many signs of confusion,
memory loss, and/or disorientation. The
authors' philosophy, evident throughout
the book, is that any recreational activity
can and should benefit the client, and
even those programs that are designed
simply to provide a fun-filled afternoon
or evening should have a goal and carry
equal weight in the overall programming
schedule.
This
resource provides the reader with practical
information, tips, background information,
a wide variety of program ideas, etc..
In the chapter on exercise called "Move
It or Lose It" topics covered include:
Exercise and the Older Adult, Components
of the Exercise Program, Benefits of
Exercise, The Exercise Leader, Tips
for the Exercise Leader, Motivation,
Overall Tips for Conducting an Exercise
Program, Flexibility, Aerobic, Strength
Training, and Balance (specific information,
ideas, tips), The Exercise Session,
. .and much more.
(Available
from the Resource Centre for Sports, Culture
and Recreation Library, Regina, Saskatchewan)
Copyright
© 1999 Venture Publishing, Inc.
Description
of Resource: 156 page, spiral bound, soft
cover
Approximate
Cost: $21.95 (US)
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