{"id":14156,"date":"2020-02-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/frumkvodlar-heilsueflingar-65-i-hafnarfirdi-utskrifast\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:02:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:02:45","slug":"pioneers-of-health-promotion-65-in-hafnarfjordur-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/frumkvodlar-heilsueflingar-65-i-hafnarfirdi-utskrifast\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneers of health promotion for 65+ in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daily physical activity increased by 80%<\/li>\n<li>Strength training increased by 425%<\/li>\n<li>Upper limits of blood pressure decreased by 7.4%. Lower limits<br \/>\ncomparable<\/li>\n<li>Grip strength increased by 10.5% in women and 11.9% in men.<\/li>\n<li>Leg strength increased by 43%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Graduation of the first participants from the Fj\u00f6l\u00fe\u00e6tt project<br \/>\nHealth promotion for 65+ in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u2013 a path to a successful later life, and thus<br \/>\nThe project's pioneer in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur marked a certain milestone for  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.janusheilsuefling.is\/heilsuefling-fyrir-eldri-borgara\/\">Health Promotion for Janus <\/a> and the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. In February this year, two years have passed since<br \/>\nbecause a pilot project on health promotion for older citizens began. About 160<br \/>\nParticipants signed up for health promotion at the beginning of 2018 and recently completed<br \/>\n115 participants aged 65-92 in a two-year health promotion programme with<br \/>\nformal graduation with excellent results. The group can soon with the new<br \/>\nAn app that tracks its own training through workout plans, and monitors<br \/>\ntheir progress and keep track of daily exercise. The app is intended as<br \/>\nFollow-up and continued encouragement for the group. <\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_0307-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0307\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1366;\"><\/em><\/p>\n<p><sup>From the group's graduation at Hafnarborg \u2013 Mayor R\u00f3sa and the fantastic team behind the Janus health promotion programme presented certificates.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Regular measurements have<br \/>\nhave been carried out every six months during the period, and the results have been<br \/>\nExceptionally good. The first measurement was carried out before participation in the project and<br \/>\nthe fifth and final one after a two-year health promotion. In particular, it should be noted that<br \/>\nParticipants' blood pressure has lowered over the period, strength and motor skills<br \/>\nincreases, capacity is propelled forward, in addition to participants' assessment of their own health and<br \/>\nWelfare has strengthened considerably. The project has been accompanied by regular educational seminars.<br \/>\nwith a focus on nutrition and various health-related aspects such as mindfulness, medication use<br \/>\nin connection with training and education about balance and exercises for<br \/>\nBalance training.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Direct impact on daily life and potential settlement to<br \/>\nin the long run<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Main achievements on several key indicators<br \/>\ninclude, among others, that daily physical activity has increased by almost 80% and<br \/>\nParticipants are now walking for about 15 minutes longer each day. They have therefore increased<br \/>\ntheir strength training for 425%. Participants have attended on average 2.1 times in<br \/>\nstrength training per week, but very few did strength training before they<br \/>\nparticipated in the project. Upper blood pressure limits have fallen from 149 to 138 mmHg<br \/>\nwhich is a reduction of 7.41 TP3T. That must be considered a good result. Lower blood pressure limit<br \/>\nwere comparable between measurements, decreasing from 82 mmHg to 81 mmHg. Grip strength<br \/>\nBoth men's and women's increased during the period, in women by 10.5% and in men by 11.9%<br \/>\nwhich is very interesting as strength usually weakens with increasing age if<br \/>\nTraining is not provided. Leg strength, for standing up from a chair, increased by<br \/>\n43% over the period. Participants' subjective assessment of their own health increased over the period by<br \/>\n20.6%, which is a very interesting result given the increasing age of the participants. That<br \/>\nis extremely interesting and can be inferred, in light of the above.<br \/>\nthe conclusion that the individuals concerned are able to carry out activities of daily living<br \/>\nlonger, remained longer in independent living and prevented premature<br \/>\nadmission to a residential and nursing home. This development in improved health and well-being<br \/>\nThe elderly are likely to have a very positive impact on the state's finances.<br \/>\nand of local authorities in the coming years, work will continue to be carried forward purposefully on health-related<br \/>\nprevention for this age group.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dagleg hreyfing j\u00f3kst um 80% Styrktar\u00fej\u00e1lfun j\u00f3kst um 425% Efri m\u00f6rk bl\u00f3\u00f0\u00fer\u00fdstings l\u00e6kku\u00f0u um 7,4%. Ne\u00f0ri m\u00f6rk samb\u00e6rileg Gripstyrkur j\u00f3kst um 10,5% hj\u00e1 konum og 11,9% hj\u00e1 k\u00f6rlum Styrkur \u00ed f\u00f3tleggjum j\u00f3kst um 43% \u00datskrift fyrstu \u00fe\u00e1tttakenda \u00far verkefninu Fj\u00f6l\u00fe\u00e6tt heilsuefling 65+ \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i \u2013 lei\u00f0 a\u00f0 fars\u00e6lum efri \u00e1rum, og \u00fear me\u00f0 frumkv\u00f6\u00f0la verkefnisins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14156"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}