PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION RESOURCES

 

Networking and information resources that are vital

 

Discussion Groups (Blog)

 

Network with the best and the brightest.  Connect with your peers by joining our lively, web-based discussion groups and share expertise, discover solutions to common challenges, and get innovative ideas that will help you grow your active adult recreation program into something great. 

 

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Publications and Books

 

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Fitness After 50	Strength Training Past 50- 2nd Edition	Golf Past 50	Playing Tennis After 50	Active Living, Cognitive Functioning, and Aging	Functional Fitness for Older Adults	Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation for Active Older Adults

Job Descriptions

 

Independent Instructor Contract Example

 

Independent Instructor Contract Example 2

 

Recreation Program Aide Example

 

Recreation Program Leader Example

 

Recreation Program Receptionist Example

 

Recreation Supervisor Example

 

Checklists

Facility Maintenance Checklists

Universal Design

 

Removing the Barriers to Health Clubs and Fitness Facilities

Removing the Barriers: Planning Meetings that are Accessible to All

 

Reports, Articles, Data

 

White Paper Report - Boomers: Transforming Park and Recreation Services

 

Healthy Aging Met Life

Men Stay Healthy at 50+

Women Stay Healthy at 50+

 

Mapping the Growth of Older America: Seniors and Boomers in the Early 21st Century: The Brookings Institution

 

Profile of American Baby Boomers: MetLife’s Mature Market Institute

 

Del Webb Baby Boomer Survey

 

65+ in the United States: 2005

 

Reinventing Aging: Harvard School of Public Health & MetLife Foundation

 

Beyond 50: A Report to the Nation on Livable Communities: AARP

 

Reimagining America: How America can Grow Older and Prosper: AARP

 

50+ Facts and Fiction