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Exercise for older adults ‘cocooning’ at home
Exercise for older adults ‘cocooning’ at home

Exercise for older adults ‘cocooning’ at home

Exercise and activity older adults can do while ‘cocooning’ at home will feature in the next Facebook Live instalment from DCU’s School of Health & Human Performance.

The episode - which will be live tomorrow, Thursday, April 23rd, at 1pm - will be hosted by PhD researcher Ciara McCormack who specialises in the delivery of home-based exercise and rehabilitation for older adults and people living with chronic disease.

Ciara will also be doing demonstrations of what safe exercise people can do using everyday household items.

Researchers at DCU have teamed up to create the bespoke class for older adults to support health and wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic.

Measures imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, has meant that older adults and people aged over 70 have been “cocooning” at home and limiting their daily movements to a maximum of 2 km respectively.

Thursday’s episode will also see Ciara offer practical hints and tips on how older adults can build exercise into their daily routines; in spite of the current restrictions.

Ciara works with DCU’s Professor Niall Moyna in Clinical Exercise Physiology which entails working with older people and with people who live with chronic disease such as cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease such as COPD, diabetes and some forms of cancer

During Thursday’s broadcast Ciara will look at:

-How to use everyday household items for exercise

-Guidelines on how to get your recommended daily allowance in

-How to combine cardio and strength exercises into your routine

-Practical exercises which incorporate strength training

-Exercises which incorporate cardio exercises

Previous Facebook Live episodes from academic staff in the DCU School of Health & Human Performance have looked at “How adults and kids can stay active during COVID-19”, providing hints and tips on how to build movement into daily lives and ensure exercise was an important component of life, for emotional and physical well-being during the coronavirus.