In assistive living homes, what are the types of exercise are being done to strengthen the bodies of the residents that live in a place like this? Do they have to go out and get it on their own or does the care home have their own exercises there for them? I chose to do this question, because I have seen family members in nursing homes and was not as strong as they should be. They would be always falling down and getting hurt and would end up in the hospital with something that would be broken.
I choose to do this question based off of personal family experience. I know my family members were older than most people that are in care homes. They were in their ninety’s when they passed away. I believe that if they were more active they would not have been as hurt or end up in the hospital as much as they did. I am also an exercise science major and I am very much into fitness.
I think some of the problems that I might run into are that the nursing homes may not have money, facility, or have an employee that can do an exercise class. I know that those could be the problem. I think that nursing homes like these can at least try and promote for them to still be active. It can make living in a place like that more enjoyable and more of a healthier place for them to live. Some of the residents maybe bed ridden and only get out only for their meals and have no exercise and do not interact with other residents that live in the same place as them.
I am aiming to make a better living place for elderly. I think that getting them out and active will make a difference in their health. I know that the way that society looks at us they do not think that our elderly also need to be active as will. Not just kids or adults that can take care of themselves. We all do. Young and old I think that we all need to be active to be healthy. Knowing that Americans are one the race that is not as healthy, we need a place to start. When people see someone that is older than them they we feel like we need to step it up and be better than them.
I am not a hundred percent sure on how I am going to go about this project. I do want to start with living conditions and go from there and make my way to exercises that is being done in places like these. I am going to give it my all in this project and make all the corrections that I am going to need to make.
At this point my only concern is for me to find all helpful resources at can help me have an excellent paper.
