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| The experiences of older people participating in exercise referral schemes | | Author(s) | Aphrodite Stathi, James McKenna, Kenneth R Fox |
| Journal title | Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, vol 124, no 1, January 2004 |
| Pages | pp 18-23 |
| Source | http://www.rsph.org |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Preventative medicine ; General practice ; Social surveys ; South West England. |
| Annotation | Exercise referral schemes (ERS) have become a major route to promoting physical activity with older people. This study offers insight into how physical activity (PA) is situated in notions of successful ageing by people participating in ERS and to highlight points to achieving client-based targets through ERS. 13 community-living, retired people (5 of them women) aged 63 to 79 who were at various stages in their referral programme were selected from three ERS in south west England. The respondents chose to participate in either an individual or a group semi-structured interview. Findings stress that ERS clearly disrupt a lifestyle characterised by growing purposelessness and social isolation, offer older participants better physical and mental function and feelings of accomplishment and success. The participants in this study made a range of personally valued improvements through their involvement in ERS. The programme's success relies on the general practitioners' recommendations, the professional help and support from enthusiastic and experienced personnel, and the attractiveness of the exercise content which needs to satisfy the multiple needs of older people's well-being. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040303207 A |
| Classmark | CEA: LK2: L5: 3F: 82Y |
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