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Fit as a Fiddle a Holistic Approach to Physical Activity and Exercise Jackie Hayhoe fit as a fiddle Portfolio Manager. Why is Fit as a Fiddle Needed. The older you are the less you participate. (A vision for 2020, Sport England 2004) Among people older than 65, 12% cannot manage
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Fit as a Fiddlea Holistic Approach to Physical Activity and ExerciseJackie Hayhoefit as a fiddle Portfolio Manager
Why is Fit as a Fiddle Needed The older you are the less you participate. (A vision for 2020, Sport England 2004) Among people older than 65, 12% cannot manage walking outside on their own and 9% cannot manage the stairs unaided. 25% of women and 7 % of men do not have sufficient leg strength to get out of a chair without using their arms. 20% of women and 14% of men over 50 do not have the flexibility to wash their hair comfortably. (Skelton et al 1998)
What is Fit as a Fiddle A Holistic Approach to Improving the Health and Well Being of Older People
About Fit as a Fiddle • £15.1m funding from Big Lottery over 5 years • 24 different projects delivered across the England by over 500 organisations • 2 national programmes • Award winning programme • Recognition from the European Commission and World Health Organisation • Externally evaluated and validated
Interim Evaluation Findings • 21% of fit as a fiddle participants have “not good” health • 42% of fit as a fiddle participants have a limiting longstanding illness • 76% of fit as a fiddle participants were women • 25% of fit as a fiddle participants are aged over 80 • 71.2 average age for men • 70.5 average age for women • 83.8% of fit as a fiddle participants were white British, but higher than average attendances with • 4.3% Asian or Asian British: Indian • 2.53% Asian or Asian British: Pakistani • Source Ecorys Interim Evaluation Report, October 2011
The impacts….. • 33% increase in the amount of walking reported between the start of fit as a fiddle and 3 months afterwards • An average increase per person from 60 minutes of physical activity per week, to 77.5 minutes per week • An increase in strength and balance exercise with a median of 70 minutes per week, rising to 92.5 minutes per week at the end of fit as a fiddle and then rising again to 120 minutes. A 71% increase from baseline. • 13% increase in the amount of fruit and vegetables eaten, rising from 4 to 4.5 • Increased levels of independence and opportunities for social inclusion leading to reduced isolation
The real impacts…… “After suffering from ME for 25 years I am now experiencing a big improvement in my health” “I couldn’t even get out of the bath….so I stopped having baths. Since I’ve been coming I can now do that” “I feel much more confident that I’m not going to fall” “I found within the first 6 weeks, my doctor was saying what are you doing?” “I can now brush my hair”
THANK YOU Any QuestionsJackie Hayhoe jackie.hayhoe@ageuk.org.uk