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Our Riverview residential centre has been involved in a project.
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Riverview’s physiotherapist and activity coordinator carried out an exercise and activities program with residents of the centre.
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Together they studied how the exercise and activity affected the people that took part in the program.
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The aim of the study was to increase the amount of physical activity the people living in Riverview engage in.
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This will help them move closer to meeting international guidelines for exercise.
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At the end of the study they found out that the program helped health and well-being in a lot of different ways.
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For a lot of participants it helped their balance and the speed at which they can walk.
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A lot of participants lost weight.
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There were no recorded falls for over two months after the program was over.
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The work that the activities coordinator started such as a chair based exercise group and a walking group also seemed to help.
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We hope similar programs in our other centres will improve the overall health and well being of people supported by Cope Foundation.
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If you would like any more information you can have a look the complete study or you can look at some top tips.
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You can also contact:
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Siobhán Egan, Physiotherapist on egans@cope-foundation.ie
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Marie O’ Brien, Riverview activities coordinator on cnm1riverview@cope-foundation.ie
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