ACTIVE AGING: TRANSFORMING FITNESS.
The Baby Boomer is changing the face of FITNESS.
  • Fitness centers
  • Senior centers
  • Active Adult, retirement,
  • independent living, assisted living and
  • skilled nursing, and long term care
  • Parks and recreation
  • Hotels and condo’s, and more.
QUICK FACTS:
  • The 18 to 49 year old segment is “dead” — virtually no population growth from 2006 to 2016
  • Baby Boomers turn 50 over the next decade, causing that segment to increase 25 percent between 2006 and 2016
  • Over the past 100 years we have added an additional 30 plus years to life expectancy.
Quality of life [style] is a top concern for aging adults
  1. losing their health (73%),
  2. losing the ability to take care of oneself (70%),
  3. losing mental abilities (69%) and
  4. running out of money (60%)

Source: 2005 poll by USAToday/ABC

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ACTIVE AGING: TRANSFORMING FITNESS

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Resources from the International Council on Active Aging
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ICAA vision paper for White House Conference on Aging
The ICAA was honored to be invited to write a vision paper on physical activity and older adults for the White House Conference on Aging. This five-page document, entitled "Physical activities for the elderly," provides an overview of the benefits of active aging and assesses trends, challenges and future possibilities in this area.

ICAA Issue Brief presented to the Special Senate Committee on Aging: Expanding Opportunities for Active Living
The ICAA was honored to be invited to present an Issue Brief on active aging to the Canadian Special Senate Committee on Aging. This five-page document, entitled "Expanding Opportunities for Active Living," provides a brief overview of the benefits of an active aging framework.

ICAA Report: Motivation and reward systems that encourage activity
The ICAA invites you to learn more about the findings from our "Independent Aging Agenda Event" that was designed to provide input to the Policy Committee of the 2005 White House Conference on Aging.

ICAA Survey: Marketing value and financing methods for older adult fitness and wellness programs
This survey looks at whether having a fitness or wellness center or a physical activity program specifically targeted to older adults is key to attracting and retaining the older member/resident.

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ICAA inventory of tools to measure wellness in elders
Looking for ways to evaluate the wellness of your residents or members? This article looks at some issues in wellness measurement and catalogs some surveys commonly used in senior living environments.

ICAA Trends report
An extensive poll of 210 experts in government, senior housing, social services and wellness centers. These issues are likely to form the basis of activity in the older adult community.

2005 Issue brief: Keeping current on research and practice in physical activity for older adults
This NCOA issue brief was written by the ICAA and is the fourth in a series promoting best practices in physical activity programming for older adults. The focus of this particular issue brief is to encourage and assist physical activity programmers to stay on top of the latest research and best practices in the field of physical activity and older adults.

The National Blueprint: Increasing physical activity among adults age 50 and older
The ICAA is one of more than 55 of the nation's most prominent health and aging organizations working to implement a National Blueprint on Aging.

National action plan: Falls Free: Promoting a National Falls Prevention Action Plan.
The National Council Aging, the Archstone Foundation, the Home Safety Council and the ICAA were among a group of national organizations that created Falls Free: Promoting a National Falls Prevention Action Plan.

ICAA Call to action: In Response
The ICAA and three other national organizations that are concerned about the health and fitness of older adults have called on physicians throughout the United States to help solve the prevalence of ill health among older adults by prescribing exercise and other lifestyle changes.

ICAA's Age-friendly facilities: 99 questions to assess your center The facility assessment outlines many barriers for older adults, plus things for facilities to consider if they want to attract or better serve older clientele.

International guidelines for preparing physical activity instructors of older adults
This consensus document outlines each of the major content areas that experts recommend should be included in any entry-level training program with the goal of preparing physical activity instructors to work with older adults.

How to select an age-friendly personal trainer checklist
To help older adults select a fitness trainer, the ICAA has released the "ICAA Age-Friendly Personal Trainer Checklist." The worksheet explains how to evaluate the trainer's answers to questions, and the checklist is a handy format to record those answers.

Quantifying the cost of physical inactivity
With the support of more than 20 partner organizations, including ICAA, Active Living Leadership launched an "Online Calculator That Will Help Estimate the Financial Cost of Physical Inactivity." Use this valuable tool to help your local business, policy-makers, government leaders, HMOs and Insurance companies to better understand the benefits of physical activity.