Community elders get moving with musical calisthenics

 “Musical calisthenics begins at 8.30 am sharp each weekday, followed with a course in eco-handcrafts at 10.30” – This is a typical morning for elderly people attending daycare centers in Nanxin Community, Qishan District, Kaohsiung. In addition to removing a degree of boredom from their life, the use of relaxing music also helps elderly people reach a level of physical fitness, invigorates their body and mind, and eliminates stress through physical exercise.

Faced with an aging population, Nanxin Commity set up a new daycare center for elderly residents that provides not only healthy food, but also offers classes in reading, sign language, eco-handcrafts, mind-body stimulation, recycling and recreational group activities. Through providing a rich variety of activities in their twilight years, the center hopes to delay the effects of aging in elderly people, while at the same time reducing dependence on their children and promoting harmony in the family.  

Community elders get moving with musical calisthenics 
URL:https://www.peopo.org/news/257647 

(以下是中文對照)
音樂體適能運動 社區長輩動起來
 

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每周5天，早上8點半開始跳音樂健康操、10點半上環保手工創意課程」，這是高雄市旗山區南新社區老人日間照顧據點生活的寫照，用輕快的音樂，讓老人不會覺得煩悶，達到運動體適能的效果，動動身體動動腦，健康活化沒煩惱。

面對人口老化的趨勢，南新社區開辦了老人日間照顧，更安排健康飲食、識字班、手語、環保手工藝課、身心活化機能、環保回收及團康活動等課程，讓長輩們延緩老化，讓他們在晚年擁有多樣化的生活，透過社區老人日間照顧據點，減少對子女的依賴，促進家庭的和諧圓滿。