All Outputs (3)

“We Just Don’t Know Where They Are”: The Geographical Distribution of Exercise Classes for Older People, Including Those Living with Dementia in the East Midlands (2023)
Journal Article
Long, A., Timmons, S., Di Lorito, C., Booth, V., & Logan, P. (2023). “We Just Don’t Know Where They Are”: The Geographical Distribution of Exercise Classes for Older People, Including Those Living with Dementia in the East Midlands. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), Article 2142. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032142

Older people living with dementia are advised to exercise to remain independent. Although several exercise classes for older people take place across the UK, there is limited information about the geographical distribution of these classes. This stud... Read More about “We Just Don’t Know Where They Are”: The Geographical Distribution of Exercise Classes for Older People, Including Those Living with Dementia in the East Midlands.

Effectiveness of exercise interventions for adults over 65 with moderate-to-severe dementia in community settings: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Long, A., Robinson, K., Goldberg, S., & Gordon, A. L. (2019). Effectiveness of exercise interventions for adults over 65 with moderate-to-severe dementia in community settings: a systematic review. European Geriatric Medicine, 10(6), 843–852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-019-00236-7

Purpose To conduct a systematic review of the literature to evaluate the effectiveness of exercise interventions for people with moderate-to-severe dementia in community settings. Methods Eight electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, AMED... Read More about Effectiveness of exercise interventions for adults over 65 with moderate-to-severe dementia in community settings: a systematic review.

Chair based exercise in community settings: a cluster randomised feasibility study (2018)
Journal Article
Robinson, K., Long, A., Leighton, P., Armstrong, S., Pulikottill-Jacob, R., Gladman, J., …Masud, T. (2018). Chair based exercise in community settings: a cluster randomised feasibility study. BMC Geriatrics, 18(1), Article 82. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0769-4

Background: Some older people who find standard exercise programmes too strenuous may be encouraged to exercise while remaining seated - chair based exercises (CBE). We previously developed a consensus CBE programme (CCBE) following a modified Delphi... Read More about Chair based exercise in community settings: a cluster randomised feasibility study.