Ageing Well Public Talks Series: Anything but being sedentary – Declan Ryan

Join us for the next in the Ageing Well Public Talks Series 2023/2024 as we explore exercising as we age

In this talk Declan will explore ways we can exercise as we age even if our life become sedentary for example if we are a wheelchair user. He will be discussing how sitting doesn’t mean we have to be sedentary.

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The speakers

Dr Declan Ryan is a senior lecturer at the University of Northampton. His role includes creating and delivering exercise and health related topics.  Declan's research interests focus on older adults’ physical activity and health status. This includes investigation of the influence of green spaces on population physical activity, wellbeing, and social prescription.
 

About the Series

The Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series explores how important it is, over our lifespan, to maintain well-balanced nutrition and hydration as well as regular physical and social activity in older age, also known as The Five Pillars of Ageing Well.

Ageing demonstrates most significantly when we reach a certain age, the usual benchmark being 65+, but ageing starts much sooner and the way ageing demonstrates when we are over 65 depends on decisions we make over our life span.

The AWPT series and related materials such as The Five Pillars of Ageing Well became the cornerstones of further engagement with the public, specifically around COVID-19 and the relating self-isolation, which are now available on the OU website and the Internet.

The overall aim of these series of interventions is to facilitate a step-change in user behaviour and support service provision. Self-management and becoming a partner in our own healthcare is an important aspect of these talks. This may have a wider impact on healthcare economies, as ageing and related co-morbidities have a substantial health and economic burden footprint.