Enhancing physical activity as life style behavior in older persons
Within the context of a globally aging population and associated age-related changes to social relationships and individual psycho-physiology, a coalition of mostly European Union (EU) organizations concerned with physical activity…
Reducing the impact of geriatric conditions by physical activity
Eén van de belangrijkste gevolgen van veroudering en geriatrische aandoeningen is het ontstaan van beperkingen. De weg van aandoening naar beperking in het dagelijks leven verloopt volgens bestaande modellen in…
Prevention of onset and progression of basic ADL disability by physical activity in community dwelling older adults
Physical activity (PA) is an important behavior when it comes to preventing or slowing down disablement caused by aging and chronic diseases. It remains unclear whether PA can directly prevent…
Effect of running therapy on depression (effort-d)
The societal and personal burden of depressive illness is considerable. Despite the developments in treatment strategies, the effectiveness of both medication and psychotherapy is not ideal. Physical activity, including exercise,…
PASEO brengt organisaties in beweging
Het door de EU en VWS ondersteunde PASEO project (Building Policy Capacities for Health Promotion through Physical Activity among Sedentary Older People) heeft tot doel om de implementatie van programma's…
Preventief bewegen in instellingen in de ouderenzorg
Dit rapport beschrijft de resultaten van onderzoek naar de huidige stand van zaken van preventief bewegen in zorginstellingen, naar welke randvoorwaarden er zijn voor realisatie van bewegen in instellingen en…
National report on assessment instruments for physical activity and physical functioning in older people in the Netherlands
One of the objectives of The European Network for Action on Ageing and Physical Activity (EUNAAPA) is to give advice concerning the quality of the different ways of assessing physical…
Procesevaluatie NASB-impuls regeling
Op verzoek van NISB heeft TNO kwaliteit van Leven een procesevaluatie uitgevoerd binnen vier gemeenten die gebruik maken van de eerste tranche van de impulsregeling van het Nationaal Actieplan Sport…
Report on the future of EUNAAPA
The EUropean Network for Action on Ageing and Physical Activity (EUNAAPA) was founded in March 2005. In order to give the network a strong base, a project application was made…
Implementation and dissemination of physical activity promotion for older persons
The objective of the third round of the EUNAAPA project was to exchange with policy makers in order to learn about policy rationales and windows of opportunity in the area…