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Diploma in
Teaching Exercise
Syllabus
Course Structure
Assessments
Cost
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This short
professional course is accredited by
the
Royal College of Nursing Accreditation Unit
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is ideal
for healthcare and exercise professionals, anyone who works with older
people in a range of settings and anyone
interested in maintaining their own health and fitness.
Course Aims
This course
will give caring people the knowledge, competence and
confidence required to:
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give safe, simple yet effective
evidence based
exercise advice to
adults of all ages suffering with chronic diseases
and conditions and to older people, for example, exercises to prevent falls and
injuries, to improve the cardiovascular system, to promote
weight loss, to reduce health risk factors
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give safe, simple yet effective
evidence based
exercise advice to
generally fit and healthy adults, including
a variety of exercises that
will help improve and maintain health, strength, mobility and
independence |
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ensure that they
meet the requirements of the law
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set up and run new
exercise groups for older people in the
community |
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assess a persons levels of general health, fitness and lifestyle
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perform simple health checks,
e.g. monitoring of blood pressure
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give gentle advice and guidance concerning
changes required for a more healthy lifestyle
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By doing
this, countless numbers of adults and older people will be assisted to live
life to the full, maintaining health strength and independence and
avoiding falls, injuries and other health problems.
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