Exercise


comes from achieving something cannot be underestimated.


Fun fitness We have a manager who invites customers to join her for meetings; simply sitting and paying attention supports core body strength and maintaining an upright position, while note-taking or gesticulating gives limbs a workout.


Walking around the building, or locally


if you can accompany your customer further afield, is another avenue to explore. Wheelchair users can be encouraged to move themselves for short periods to aid their upper body strength.


Being outdoors amongst nature can promote positive mental wellbeing while receiving doses of vitamin D. Similarly, gardening is also a fantastic hobby, even if the customer is observing and directing more than being hands-on. Again, approaching a local garden centre may prove fruitful if tools, plants, and expertise are needed.


For those less comfortable working one-to-one, group activities can prove to be a great way to engage. Sitting in a circle, taking part in chair-based exercises, listening to


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appropriate music and being in a social setting allows customers to experience the emotional benefit of exercise.


Motivation mission Encouraging those we support to adopt healthy habits may sometimes feel tricky, though it also presents an opportunity to be creative.


If customers are living with dementia,


they may be indifferent towards exercise and often have little or no desire to be physically


active. However, the less someone moves, the more tired they become. When muscle fibres are engaged, energy and neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin are released, giving that person a positive physiological influence on their emotion and motivation, as well as food and fluid intake. It is therefore imperative to employ creative strategies to get customers moving. Tapping into their lives may provide success. For example, we have a gentleman who would not enter the fitness suite. In


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