FRAIL, ELDERLY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Active Ageing is an initiative set up to introduce physical activity to a range of nursing and residential homes for the elderly across Greater Glasgow. This is a partnership project between NHS Greater Glasgow and Glasgow City Council Cultural and Leisure Services. Within each home, activity instructors lead chair based exercise to music classes. Since the launch of this project in April 1998, many residents have enjoyed activity classes on a twice-weekly basis. These classes provide the opportunity for residents to benefit socially from group exercise in addition to improvements in their balance and mobility.