Join your Brookdale Senior Living host for a web teleconference featuring Jim Concotelli, MSW, Ph.D., Senior Director, Optimum Life

Exercise Prescription for Healthy Aging

There has been a growing awareness among health care professionals of the importance of appropriate exercise habits in promoting healthy aging. This awareness stems from the results of experimental studies on physical activity that indicate exercise may contribute to better physical, psychological and cognitive health. To understand the potential role of exercise in the aging process and to incorporate it, health care professionals should understand the risks and benefits of various types of physical activity. This presentation will provide an overview of the various components of physical fitness for older adults, review the benefits of various forms of exercise in healthy aging and discuss effective tools for prescribing exercise for healthy aging.

Objectives: At the end of this presentation the participant will be able to:

• Explain the benefits of exercise in health and aging
• Describe the various components of physical fitness for older adults
• Explain the different styles of appropriate physical activity for healthy aging
• Identify resources for age-appropriate exercise opportunities for older adults

Tuesday, September 11 • Noon
 

Complimentary lunch

RSVP to smills1@brookdaleliving.com by September 7

This activity has been submitted to the Illinois Nurses Association Approver Unit for approval to award contact hours. Illinois Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s commission on Accreditation.

This program has been pre-approved by the Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to Certified Case Managers (CCMs).

This activity has been approved by the NASW for 1.0 credit hours for social workers.