Chair Based Exercise - for Health & Social Care Assistants

Is this the course for you?

This course is ideal if you are currently working with older adults and wish to help them maintain their everyday function and mobility.  Our tutors are experienced in working with health professionals and will guide and mentor you to help gain the skills to teach chair based exercise in a community centre, nursing home or similar environment. It is fun and enjoyable and will give you the confidence to help promote mobility and function in frailer older adults.

Benefits of Course:

Successful completion leads to CYQ Certificate in Chair Based Exercise for the Frailer Older Adult Level 2

Prerequisites for this course:

Currently working in one of the following sectors:

• Social care/health care support
• Sheltered housing
• Physiotherapy and occupational therapy assistants
• Activity coordinators
• Volunteer workers
• Community based programme for the elderly

Course Content:

The course covers the ageing process and the effects on bones, joints, heart, lungs and nervous system along with conditions associated with ageing which include osteoporosis, arthritis, stroke and Parkinson's disease and their implications for exercise are discussed. It will give you the knowledge and confidence to teach a range of 17 specific chair-based exercises aimed at promoting mobility and increasing strength to help aid everyday function of the frailer adult. It also covers exercise and osteoporosis, arthritis, stroke and Parkinson's disease and the implications of exercises on these conditions. 

 The course uses an evidence-based approach to ensure that exercise programmes aiming to promote independence and/or reduce the risk of falls among older people are specific, progressive and effective. This course can form an important component of a local falls prevention programme and equip health professionals with the knowledge and skills they need to promoting independence and improve quality of life.

Research has shown that chair based exercises can see gains in:

*Strength & Power         *Confidence
*Endurance                    *Improved functional ability
*Flexibility                        *Improved concentration, memory and sleep
*Decrease in joint pain and discomfort
 

Course assessment format:

• Assessment will take place on the last day of the course
• Practical assessment based on the prescribed chair-based exercises (plan, teach and evaluate)
• Complete CYQ Worksheets