Exercise and psychological benefits for older people

Authors

Rebekkah Middleton, University of WollongongFollow
Lorna Moxham, University of WollongongFollow
Dominique R. Parrish, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

120189

Publication Details

Middleton, R., Moxham, L. & Parrish, D. (2018). Exercise and psychological benefits for older people. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 25 (7), 30-30.

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Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation

Abstract

The literature establishes that older people benefit not only physically, but cognitively and socially from being engaged in community recreational activities. Community recreational activities support healthy ageing (Young et al. 2015 p2), and allow older people to maintain cognitive abilities, improve self-belief, and quality of life indicators (Balducci et al. 2014).