Specialist exercise training for people working with older populations
Providing specialist, evidence based, effective exercise training for health and exercise professionals working with older people and frailer older people.
The Ageing Well and Healthily (AWH) programme in the Netherlands consists of health education by peers and low intensity exercise taught by a
professional physical activity instructors. Similar to the CHAMPs programme in design. Further information and publications can be found by clicking here.
This review, by Peel, published in the Australasian Journal on Ageing in 2009, covers the evidence of effectiveness of peer mentors in falls prevention research. Click here to download.
This review by Morrow-Howell, published in the Journal of Gerontology 2010, summarizes the current knowledge about volunteering in later life and suggests 5 research questions at the forefront of knowledge development. Click here to download.