1. Abstraction

As the population of seniors is increasing and more are populating longer, we believe that our fittingness programme is catered specially for them and they can profit from it. Ultimately, we want the aged to populate a healthy, active and meaningful life.

The plan focuses on two chief constituents, viz. , weight preparation and Cardio Respiratory Fitness ( CRF ) preparation. CRF preparation can assist to increase staying power and better blood circulation and weight preparation can assist to diminish the hazard of falls and forestall bone loss or farther bone loss. This is because weight preparation can maintain castanetss strong, strengthen musculuss and give articulations more support, leting addition in balance and flexibleness ( Webmd.com, 2014 ) .

The plan will be in partnership with Singapore Polytechnic’s Diploma in Nutrition Health and Wellness and it will be held in the Nutrition, Health and Wellness Centre.

2. Overview

Singapore’s life anticipation has increased by 10 old ages over the last 3 decennaries. It has increased from 72 old ages in 1980 to 82 old ages in 2010 and this makes our life anticipation one of the highest in the universe ( population.sg, 2013 ) . With increased life anticipation and low birth rates in Singapore, its population of older grownups has been exponentially increasing in the past few old ages, and is likely to go on as more grownups begin ageing.

The different unrecorded phases based on age are:

• Infancy ( birth to 2 old ages )
• Childhood ( 3-12 old ages )
• Adolescence ( 13-19 old ages )
• Young maturity ( 20-29 old ages )
• Adulthood ( 30-39 old ages )
• Middle age ( 40-54 old ages )
• Old age ( 55+ old ages )

( Christopher Peterson, 2011 )

Reasons for this fittingness programme

Successful ripening is a preventative attack of attention for the aged. As a low rate of physical activity is noticed in this age group, the publicity of regular physical activity is one of the chief non-pharmaceutical steps that should be promoted to the aged.

As Singapore’s health care policy emphasises wellness publicity and disease bar, we should promote seniors to stay healthy and active in their several communities every bit far as possible. The Government has already pushed for healthier life styles and regular wellness showings as a mean of cut downing the hazard for chronic/major unwellnesss.

Healthcare outgo has been on the rise over the recent old ages, with the latest at 1.6 % of GDP as of 2013. The Singapore’s Budget Speech ( 2014 ) stated that the Government will be taking stairss in heightening health care affordability for Singaporeans. In order to ease the strain of disbursement on the economic system and patients, we should take to forestall diseases to buoy up the load of health care costs on all disbursement parties.

3. Problem/Situation

Physical activity is to be used as an effectual instrument to cut down and forestall age-related functional devolution and diminutions in general wellness. Aging causes alterations in mobility that may hold some consequence on an individual’s ability for independent life.

Older grownups with a hapless aerophilic capacity will normally avoid physical activities, doing them to lose their musculus mass and strength and a farther decrease in aerophilic capacity. This will do a barbarous rhythm ( Vogel et al, 2009 ) .

Among the physiological alterations that occur with ripening, the diminution in aerophilic capacity and the loss of musculus tissue are the most of import sing the quality of life, independency and mortality.

The extremum O ingestion or VO2max will diminish 5-10 % per decennary. However the rate of diminution is non additive but is accelerated with increased age. The loss of musculus tissue due to sarcopenia will ensue in reduced mass and strength. The ability of the aged to work independently depends on the capacity of their aerophilic fittingness and musculus strength.

1. Demographics

Singapore’s entire population was 5.40 million in 2013 and the resident population increased from 38.4 old ages in 2012 to 38.9 old ages in 2013. The Numberss of Singapore occupants aged 65 and above were 11 % of the resident population, this value have crossed the 10 % grade for the first clip. In add-on, the ratio of occupants aged 20-64 old ages ( working-age ) to the aged occupants that are aged 65 old ages and above continued to fall.

There were about 6.7 working-age occupants for each aged occupant in 2012, this value dropped to 6.4 working-age occupants for each aged occupant in 2013. ( Population tendencies, 2013 ) At this rate, the figure of aged citizens will treble by 2030 and there will merely be 2.1 working-age occupants for each aged occupant ( population.sg ) .

Singapore has forecasted that the figure of aged citizens will treble by 2030. Efficaciously, the ratio of working-age grownups to an aged citizen will be 2:1. It is estimated that Singapore will hold an ageing population of 18.9 % by 2030.

The Singapore Government and Community Development Centres ( CDCs ) have subsidised different countries of health care of senior citizens. Over the old ages, Singapore has had an increasing tendency of health care disbursement, where wellness services cost more and more to run and develop over the recent old ages. In 2013, runing outgo for health care was estimated at somewhat over 5 million SGD, which is about a million more dollars compared to 2012.

A simplified list of subsidized services can be found here ( hypertext transfer protocol: //www.ecitizen.gov.sg/Topics/Pages/Subsidised-healthcare-for-low-income-households.aspx ) . ( APPENDIX )

This list provides basic information for people to see if they’re eligible for subsidies, and how to use for said subsidies.

4. Goals and Aims

The plan is targeted to increase the elderly’s ability to map independently.

This is achieved through increasing the capacity of their aerophilic fittingness and muscular strength.

1. Programme Details

The plan is a circuit preparation that allows full scope of gesture that are of import for day-to-day activity. This is to guarantee that it is more applicable to help in the elderly’s day-to-day life so that they will take a better quality life.

2. Proposed Activities

Structured 30 proceedingss circuit developing that combines cardio exercisings and weight preparation. The cardio preparation comprises of 8 aerophilic exercisings such as leaping knuckleboness, jumping, etc. which will be changed every month. Exercises can be modified for those aged who has articulation strivings or hurts such as articulatio genus hurting. Weight preparation is achieved through machine exercisings. Different machines is used to aim on different countries such as thorax, back, weaponries, legs, etc.

There will be a sum of 15 Stationss, 8 aerophilic station and 7 machine exercisings. Each station will last for 1 minute, the Stationss alternate from machine exercising to aerobic exercising. Participants have to travel to the following station one time 1 minute is over. Participants are encouraged to finish the circuit twice for a more ambitious and effectual exercise.

3. Execution

This programme will be conducted on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. There will be three session per twenty-four hours. The first session is from 8am to 9am, the 2nd session is from 12pm to 1pm and the last session is from 5 autopsy to 6pm. It will be held at the Nutrition, Health and Wellness Centre at Singapore Polytechnic.

4. Benefits

Moderate and regular physical has a positive consequence on forestalling coronary bosom disease and it benefits the lipid profile. It besides helps to better organic structure composing by cut downing fat mass, blood force per unit area, shot, type 2 diabetes and it can besides assist to forestall some malignant neoplastic diseases, particularly breast and colon malignant neoplastic disease.

Physical activity besides increases bone denseness and it can assist to forestall falls. In add-on, some surveies suggest that physical activity can assist to cut down the hazard of developing dementedness and Alzheimer ‘s disease in peculiar.

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Appendix

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