“It is with great pleasure that I encourage you all to read and share the amazing wealth of information provided in this edition of The Annual Review of Gerontology …This volume brings together an incredible amount of work in the area of physical activity and specifically exercise, and the challenges we face in engaging older adults in optimal amounts and intensities of activity. The authors…have done a remarkable job of highlighting practical ways to share information that is known to be effective from research trials and clinical practice.”
–Kathleen Mangione, Ph D, PT, GCS
From the Foreword
The 36th Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics is replete with state-of-the-art scholarship along with a cornucopia of research-based and innovative strategies for optimizing function in older adults through exercise and physical activity. Chapters address salient clinical, programmatic, and policy considerations related to implementation and dissemination of exercise programs across a variety of settings.
An international cadre of expert nurses, physicians, physical therapists, and exercise physiologists, among other health care professionals, also focus on what is known about specific exercises for older adults—including benefit versus harm associated with each–and provide recommendations for their practical use.
The book addresses public policy related to exercise and how policy affects physical activity among older adults. It considers evidence linking physical activity to positive outcomes along with practical issues such as pre-exercise screening and risk stratification. Chapters cover aerobic, resistance, balance, and stretching exercises, along with recommendations for individuals suffering from specific diseases such as arthritis or dementia. Also addressed is physical activity as a determinant of health, and cross-setting approaches to increase function and physical activity. Of particular value is the attention given to the challenges of actually getting individuals to partake in exercise recommendations along with solutions on how to overcome these challenges. With a focus on helping adults to “be active in their own way, ” the authors share positive approaches to motivating and educating this population.
Key Features:
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Presents state-of-the-art scholarship regarding ways to promote physical activity among older adults
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Written by national and international experts
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Focuses on aerobic, resistance, balance, and stretching exercises along with recommendations for people with impairments
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Describes real world applications across multiple disciplines and settings
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Offers strategies for overcoming resistance to exercise
Tabela de Conteúdo
Section One: Policy and Practice Related to Exercise and Function
1. The Impact of Policy on Exercise Activity and Where We Need to Go
2. Physical Activity Versus Exercise: Is Screening Necessary?
3. Consensus of Evidence Based Risk Assessment
4. Behavior Change
Section Two: Aerobic Exercise
1. Recommendations for Older Adults: What, Where, When and How
2. Benefits of Aerobic Exercise for Older Adults
3. Innovative Approaches to Exercise Among Older Adults
Section Three: Resistance Exercise
1. Resistance Exercise to Prevent and Manage Sarcopenia
2. Resistance Exercise: Slow Movement Versus Balistic Training
3. Resistance Exercise: Recommendations for Age Relevant Benefits
<Sobre o autor
Marie Boltz, Ph D, RN, GNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN, is the Elouise Ross Eberly and Robert Eberly Endowed Professor, Penn State College of Nursing, where she teaches both gerontological nursing and Ph D research courses. In addition to teaching students, she has had a significant influence on the education of nurses, physicians, and clinicians in other disciplines through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of gerontological knowledge. She has provided leadership training and ongoing consultation to hundreds of nurse clinicians and administrators who are leading systemwide geriatric programs. Dr. Boltz has developed more than 40 evidence-based, field-tested teaching tools and resources for clinicians, administrators, patients, and families. She has authored and coauthored more than 200 journal publications and 40 book chapters and has co-edited six books. Dr. Boltz’s areas of research are geriatric models of care, including dementia-capable and family-centered interventions that support function, and nonpharmacological approaches to support well-being of older adults with dementia. Her multiple research studies have been funded by the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute on Nursing Research, and multiple foundations. Her scholarship has been recognized with writing, teaching, and research awards, including the ENRS Geriatric Practice Research Award and the Gerontological Society of America Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Boltz received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from La Salle University, her master’s degree as a geriatric advanced practice nurse from the University of Pennsylvania, and her doctoral degree from New York University. She participated in postdoctoral study at the University of Maryland.
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