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Seated Dance Activity Programme for Health and Social Care Providers
Watch the programme in action below:
Corporate Package:
Access our award-winning online seated dance programme for your service users
Dancing for Health CIC continues to develop relationships with health and social care providers with an interest in integrating our programmes into their support services.
WHAT IT IS
The Dancing for Health corporate membership package offers a unique range of resources for care professional staff to keep their residents engaged and active.
HOW IT WORKS
• Your staff have unlimited access to all content and learning resources
• Easy-to-follow fun dance activities
• Suitable for older or disabled people in health and social care settings
• Cost effective Membership Packages
• Individual sites and bespoke group packages available
BENEFITS
• Staff Member Training – Our corporate package includes training your staff member through our accredited training programme. Special organisation packages available.
• Takes pressure off your staff – Your staff have only to access the pre-recorded videos through our website members’ platform and join in the routines with the residents to encourage engagement. It will save them time in developing their own activity content and enable them to offer a new and fun activity that meets clients’ wellbeing needs.
• Person-centred – The routines can be tailored each time, and participants can choose their favourite ones. They can be used for individual residents who prefer to do activities on their own or delivered within a group setting. Our routines are split into slower tempo and more upbeat tracks. Pick and choose the tracks suitable for your clients. New routines are added regularly.
• Unlimited Access to all content and resources – All sessions can be accessed anytime. A useful resource that you can build into your programme of activities.
• Offers a safe, easy and cheaper alternative to bringing in-person activities to your site.
IMPACT
Our online, evidenced based seated dance activity programme is a 2023 Irish Healthcare Award Winner, with demonstrable benefits to both physical and mental wellbeing.
An 8-week study of our online programme demonstrated:
• Reduced anxiety and depression
• Improvements in mental health scores post activity, rose from 42% to 72%
• Reduced fatigue and shortness of breath
HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE:
• Physical health: strength, mobility, flexibility, and fitness. Strengthens core and upper body. Is good for brain function and co-ordination and has low or no impact on joints. Improves musculoskeletal health and is suitable for those with multiple conditions.
• Mental health: contributes to a sense of community in a home. The dance classes are social and get the clients laughing, singing along with the tunes. Provides an uplifting activity and builds connections in the group.
IMPACT ON YOUR BENEFICIARIES:
• Our classes provide movement and dance activities that help support mental and physical health.
• Our inclusive activities meet requirements of people with a diverse range of needs.
• We support hard to reach vulnerable clients in our communities, who have multiple barriers to physical activities.
• Dance is a gentle and a safe way to keep our ageing population active.
• Our classes can be integrated in health, social care and prevention practices such as social prescribing.
• The long term impact of our classes as a prevention practice could help relieve the demand on the services of the NHS.
Watch our corporate package in action below: showing the activity staff member using both in-person and video delivery methods.
