"ABLE Bodies Balance Training" offers an activity-based program
to improve balance and mobility for both fit and frail older
adults. This practical instructor's guide provides more than 130
balance and mobility exercises that consider flexibility, strength,
and cardiorespiratory endurance. The exercises enhance older
adults' abilities to maintain balance in completing their everyday
tasks, thereby fostering increased self-confidence, reducing the
occurrence of falls, and improving quality of life.
The text is based on ABLE Bodies techniques, which were proven
effective in a randomized, controlled study funded by the National
Blueprint and Active Aging Partnership. Results showed that ABLE
Bodies training significantly improved balance, mobility, activity
levels, gait speed, flexibility, and strength for participants 70
years of age and older living in retirement and assisted living
facilities.
"ABLE Bodies Balance Training" uses current research and a
component-based approach to balance training. Instructors are
encouraged to use activities covering all five components of the
program: flexibility, posture and core stability, strength,
cardiorespiratory endurance, and balance and mobility. The
exercises and activities are easily implemented with the use of
existing facilities and inexpensive equipment. They also encourage
fun and social interaction, helping instructors to create and
maintain an energized and positive environment that improves
communication, motivation, and overall progress. The program may be
used in group or individual settings and can be customized
according to level of experience:
-Beginning instructors can follow the 16-week session plan as a
well-balanced training program that safely progress older adults
through the exercises. The material is complete and may extend to a
yearlong program.
-More experienced instructors may select exercises and
activities from each of the five component categories to meet the
individual needs of their older adult clients. The component-based
organization of the text allows instructors to easily incorporate
both exercises and conceptual ideas in fun, engaging, and creative
ways into their existing programs. As a bonus, access to a
dedicated ABLE Bodies Balance Training Web site is included with
the book. It offers 15 downloadable activity handouts that
instructors can print out and distribute to patients or clients for
use at home. It also offers downloadable handouts of all the
balance training activities in the book--over 130 conceptual ideas
and activities to choose from either for planning their own
sessions or for aiding their delivery of the 16-week session plan.
The text also offers a variety of tools, including step-by-step
instructions, sample phrasing to use when encouraging participants,
ideas on making activities progressively more difficult, and tips
on promoting safety while performing the exercises.
The proven exercises and conceptual activities found in "ABLE
Bodies Balance Training" offer both fit and frail seniors increased
independence in daily living. By incorporating the ABLE Bodies
Balance Training program into their work, fitness and health care
professionals will educate and motivate older adults to increase
stability and improve self-confidence and health.
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