Publication
| Publication name: | Active for Later Life |
| Description: | resource to help all those involved in developing physical activity programmes for older people. The Active for Later Life resource provides practical guidance documents for practitioners, summaries of evidence and recommendations, policy and strategic connections, and a series of working papers that support health, social care and public service planning colleagues. The web resource has been developed as a means of widening the support currently provided for promoting physical activity to an ageing population. Keeping active is acknowledged to be a key factor in maintaining health and well-being in later life; the accepted recommendation is 30 minutes of moderate physical activity on five days a week. For all adults over the age of 55, including those who are frail, three sessions a week of strength and balance are also recommended. |
| Date: | 21 June 2007 |
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