Jan Schroeder, Ph.D

Check out these five tips for keeping active older-adult participants excited about attending class week after week.

Given the increasing prevalence of diabetes, it is highly likely that you will encounter clients who have type 1 or type 2 diabetes. It is important to realize that success in training individuals with diabetes requires an understanding of not only the disease, but also the pharmacological treatment.

As a health and exercise professional, you will undoubtedly encounter female clients who are experiencing menopause. Learn how declining hormone levels during menopause affects appetite, metabolism and energy expenditure, and how exercise can help your clients avoid gaining weight.

The ability to effectively perform balance activities throughout the lifespan is important for health as well as activity-related components of everyday life, which makes training for balance performance a critical piece of exercise programming. However, should we train balance in older adults the same way that we train younger adults?

As a health and exercise professional who works with older adults, you may encounter clients who suffer from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Learn why participating in an exercise program may improve your client’s quality of life by helping to slow the progress of the disease and improve memory, reasoning, and thinking skills as well as ease depression and anxiety.