Promoting Physical Activity

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• Promoting Physical Activity
• For Adults in TheThird Age
• Len Almond and Bob Laventure
• BHF National Centre for Physical Activity and
  Health
• April 2008

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Sports Development Partnership Model
Performance Sport
Community Sport
Education
Club Sport
LIFELONG PARTICIPATION IN SPORT
LIFELONG PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
LIFELONG LEARNING
F.E / H.E Scholarships Sports Science
Facilities Teacher/coach education
Training to Win

• Improving the quality of life
• Community safety
• Local economic viability
• Environmental sustainability
• Improved transport

Two hour e n t I t l e m e n t

INFORMAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
FORMAL ORGANISED SPORT
Training to Compete

• Secondary National Curriculum
• plus
• NGB identified
  performers
• PE/parent identified performers
• others

Training to Train
Learning to Train
KST 2/3 TRANSITION
Specialized Movement Skills - Developing Physical
Literacy (8-12) Fun, enjoyable
experience Transition into organised sport
Sampling of a range of sports /
activities Development of specialised, sport
related movement skills from simple to
complex FUNdamental Movement Skills - Learning
to Move (2-8) Fun, enjoyable experience Multi-s
kill opportunities Development of core movement
skills and patterns
Primary National Curriculum
Gym
Games
Athletics
OAA
Swim
Sport Skill Proficiency Barrier
Dance
Primary -Study Support
Parental Support and
Encouragement
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• Choosing Health aims to
• Increase quality of life and life expectancy
• Reduce inequalities in health
• Improve the chances people have, to engage in
  healthy choices
• Encourage healthy lifestyles

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• Policy Context
• The National Service Framework for Older Adults
  2001
• Opportunity Age DWP - Spring 2005
• Choosing Health Nov 2005
• NSF for Long term Conditions 2005
• Independence, Well-being and Choice Our vision
  for the future of social care for Adults in
  England 2005
• Independence, Well-being and Choice Our vision
  for the future of social care for Adults in
  England 2005
• Our Health, Our Choice, Our Say Feb 2006
• The NHS and Social Care Long Term Conditions
  Model 2007

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• A Sure Start to Later Life Ending Inequalities
  for Older People
• Key themes
• Independence, Dignity, Choice
• Use the approach of Sure Start for Older People
• Achieve Basic Standards of Health and Wealth and
  Housing
• Quality of Life participation continue having
  meaningful relationships and roles
• Building Inclusive Communities contribution plus
  safety, access to services, transport
• Strong leadership/citizenship equality and
  discrimination

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Key Terms for Physical Activity

• Quality of Living
• Independence
• Healthy Active Lifestyles

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Policy background
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Policy background
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Key Terms for Adults in Third Age and Later Life

• Voice
• Inequalities

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Social Exclusion not just a black and white
issue
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Problem

• Most people making decisions about older adults
  are not convinced of the value of physical
  activity because they are inactive themselves

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Commissioning Framework for Health and Wellbeing
Understanding the needs of populations and
individuals
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LIFE STAGES IN ACTIVITY all older people but a
change in focus

• Entering Old Age
• Manage disease
• recreation and social activity
• Transitional Phase
• reduce disability
• maintain mobility and independence
• Activity in the later years
• occupational activities
• maintain autonomy and dignity

Promote and extend healthy active life Compress
morbidity
Identify emerging problems ahead of crisis Reduce
long-term dependency
Recognise complex interaction of physical, mental
and social care factors compromising independence
and quality of life
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Positive Value of Physical Activity

• Energising Lives
• Enriching lives

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Quality of Living
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Sport Lifestyle Sports Dance Green
Exercise Swimming Walking Cycling Going to a
Gym ??????
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Get out Move more easily Do something Talk with
someone Walk more
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Independence
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Prevention Agenda

• Reducing Risks
• Developing specific conditions
• Becoming overweight/obese
• Delaying Functional Decline

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70 yr old females
active, strength-trained
sedentary
The same difference in muscle size is seen
between a 30 and an 80 yr old
(Adapted from Sipilä Suominen Muscle Nerve
199316294)
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Inactivity Impairment

• Reducing Functional Decline
• Restoring decline
• Promoting Independence
• Preventing Falls

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Therapy

• Treating and managing chronic conditions
• Treating overweight/obese
• Maintaining Independence
• Reducing complications of immobility
• Restoring physical and mental capacity
• Getting people back to work
• Addressing the symptoms of reduced functional
  capacities
• Back care
• Emotional ill-health

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Well-being
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Policy drivers, PSA Ambitions and themes

• PSA 17 Tackle poverty and promote greater
  independence and well being in Later Life
• PSA 18 Promote better health and well-being for
  all
• PSA 19 Ensure better care for all
• PSA 21 Build more cohesive, empowered and active
  communities
• PSA 23 Make communities safer

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What are Local Area Agreements (LAAs)

• ODPM / Home Office main instigators
• An intelligent and mature conversation between
  local and central government
• Radical new approach to use of government funding
• Support the implementation of national, regional
  and local priorities at the local level
• Improved local performance by flexible and
  innovative use of resources
• Enhance efficiency by simplifying funding streams
  e.g. Single Pot
• Help partners join-up at local level

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4 Blocks Shared priorities

• Healthier communities and Older People
• Children and Young People
• Stronger and Safer Communities
• Fourth new block - Economic Development and
  Enterprise

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What do we need?

• Older Peoples Forums (Being involved and
  influencing decisions)
• Adults in Later Life Active Recreation Councils