{"id":33097,"date":"2019-02-22T12:20:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T12:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=33097"},"modified":"2019-02-22T12:20:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T12:20:16","slug":"strength-training-for-the-elderly-brings-fall-in-number-of-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/22\/strength-training-for-the-elderly-brings-fall-in-number-of-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Strength training for the elderly brings fall in number of injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v8.0\" nonce=\"NC3w9GTk\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elderfituk\/videos\/2302292826450324\/\" data-width=\"1200\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elderfituk\/videos\/2302292826450324\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elderfituk\/videos\/2302292826450324\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New class alert!  Starting Tuesday 19th February at Pentyrch Village Hall 2-2.45pmImprove strength, balance and wellbeing.Your first session is free!Spread the word.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elderfituk\/\">ElderFit<\/a> on Tuesday, 12 February 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nA WEEKLY workshop aimed at reducing falls among Barry\u2019s elderly is set to start March 4.<br \/>\nThe class will take place every Monday at 12.45pm in Barry Hospital and is run by an organisation called ElderFit.<br \/>\nThe session is aimed at all elderly people regardless of ability, as the objective is to increase resistance to falls among that age group.<br \/>\nTom Scaife, ElderFit co-founder, said to <em>The Cardiffian<\/em>: \u201cA fall is one of the biggest hospital admissions for the over 60&#8217;s and once a person gets over the age of 80 the percentage of recovery is hugely reduced.<br \/>\n\u201cA fall can lead to injury, death, lack of confidence and keep many people in their homes because of the fear of a fall.<br \/>\n\u201cWe keep log books of our attendees and we have proven over an 8 week period we increase balance, strength and confidence from our classes.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33099\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-33099 size-medium-grid-size\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/elderfit-670x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33099 size-medium-grid-size\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/elderfit-670x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"500\" \/><\/noscript> Typical exercise routine at an ElderFit class.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAs the strength and mobility training is run with groups, an added bonus of the service is that it brings together a section of society that struggle with socialising.<br \/>\nFifty nine per cent of over-50s with poor health report feeling lonely, in contrast to 21 per cent of people the same age with good health.<br \/>\nLoneliness increases the chance of mortality by 26 per cent.<br \/>\nAccording to ElderFit, 90 per cent of service users report improved wellbeing and 81 per cent see increased confidence in walking.<br \/>\nAnne Leonard, 69, recently started attending ElderFit classes. She said: \u201cThe classes are in a comfortable environment with no pressure to do anything that is painful or difficult.<br \/>\n\u201cThe people I\u2019ve met are welcoming, put you at ease and it\u2019s good to share common purpose of improving general fitness well-being and balance.<br \/>\n\u201cAs my main health problem is vertigo going to Elderfit then led me to trying Tai Chi which is proven to be as beneficial an exercise for those over 50 as Zumba and is very good for improving balance and peace of mind.\u201d<br \/>\nElderFit has been running in Cardiff since 2015 and was made a Community Interest Company that year, as its profits do not go to shareholders but are invested back into local communities.<br \/>\nThe company plans to spread the classes across Wales through creating an \u201cinstructor franchise\u201d system.<br \/>\nFurther information about classes can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/elderfit.co.uk\/group-sessions\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A WEEKLY workshop aimed at reducing falls among Barry\u2019s elderly is set to start March 4. The class will take place every Monday at 12.45pm in Barry Hospital and is run by an organisation called ElderFit. The session is aimed at all elderly people regardless of ability, as the objective is to increase resistance to falls among that age group. Tom Scaife, ElderFit co-founder, said to The Cardiffian: \u201cA fall is one of the biggest hospital admissions for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":33101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[144,6396,4888,1957,1555,246],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-33097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barry","category-news","tag-barry","tag-elder","tag-elderfit","tag-elderly","tag-exercise","tag-fitness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Strength training for the elderly brings fall in number of injuries - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/22\/strength-training-for-the-elderly-brings-fall-in-number-of-injuries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Strength training for the elderly brings fall in number of injuries - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; A WEEKLY workshop aimed at reducing falls among Barry\u2019s elderly is set to start March 4. 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