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Activities & Exercise
Staying healthy and caring at home
This comprehensive training resource highlights the importance of activities and exercise to general wellbeing.
Date (DD-MM-YYYY)
20-08-2024 to 20-08-2025
Available on-demand until 20th August 2025
Cost
From £1.79
Inclusive and equitable learning opportunity
Education type
Virtual
CPD subtype
On-demand
Description
About the course
Everyone has different capabilities, needs, likes and dislikes. It’s important that you understand how to identify these and use them to help inform your choice of activities and exercise for those in your care. This maximises the benefits and, most importantly, provides a positive, person-centred approach.
Who is this course for?
A ‘must have’ for induction, refresher, management and vocational training.
What does the course cover?
- The benefits of an active lifestyle
- Reasons for not exercising
- Signs that someone is unfit
- Increasing activity levels
- Activities co-ordinator
- Activities assessment
- Medical conditions & exercise
- Types of exercise
- Aerobic exercise
- Isometric exercise
- Isotonic exercise
- Cardiovascular exercise
- Stretching exercises
- Strength exercises
- Weight training
- Balance training
- Considerations when planning
- Equipment
- Pain when exercising
- Warming up & cooling down
- Walking & running
- Cycling
- Yoga & pilates
- Swimming & water aerobics
- Range of Motion exercises
- Chair exercises
- Games
- Encouraging exercise
- Benefits of regular exercise
- Purpose of activities
- Types of activities
- Themes for activities
- Benefits of activities
- Sensory rooms
- Reminiscence
- Pets as Therapy
- Reviewing activities
Contact details
Email address
Telephone number
01953 853070
Hingham Manor
Hingham
Norwich
Norfolk
NR9 4HP