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Adaptive exercise

Adaptations to physical impairments, either chronic (vision) or pre/post-rehab

Aquatics

Water exercise and program management; also include in other categories as appropriate.

Arthritis

Any article with arthritis in the title.

Assessment

Screening, tests for fitness or health conditions, philosophy.

Balance training

Article with balance in title; marketing balance classes, exercises.

Business opportunities

Overview of market size and potential for profit.

Business profiles

Articles or interviews; focus is business itself or leadership and does not describe a specific program.

Cardiovascular health

Heart, disease, including hypertension, stroke, overview, exercise.

Career development

Directed to worker (not manager); education, potential jobs, professional development.

Cognitive health

Thinking, maintain intellectual skills, preventing dementia.  Disease is indexed under “Mental health.”

Communication

Verbal and written techniques for relating to others.

Community design

Infrastructure, eg sidewalks, transportation, gardens, in either planned or public communities.

Customer service

Skills to improve customer satisfaction, both from business and client perspective.

Diabetes

Any article with diabetes in title.

Emotional wellness

Describes issues with emotions, including articles that do not include a program. Disease is under Mental health.

Environmental wellness

Describes ways to use the environment for wellness, as well as eco-friendly products, services, processes and designs, which contribute to a healthier world.

Equipment

Overview of type of equipment; advice

Exercise

Articles that have photos, captions or detailed verbal description of exercises and exercise sciences.

Facility development, early stages

Concept, financing, trends.

Facility development, planning

More specific information on construction, layout, infrastructure.

Falls management

Specific to falls prevention or exercises.  Do not include balance here.

Flexibility and range of motion

Overviews and specific exercises on flexibility, stretches.

Functional training

Article with “function” in title; specific to conditioning for daily activities.

Gerontology

Articles on aging process—physical, social—and miscellaneous.

Health conditions

Chronic or acute health or medical  conditions that do not have a subhed.

Health promotion

Messages and community programs that promote healthy lifestyles.

ICAA initiatives

Key messages about direction, work groups, coalitions, Active Aging Week wraps (planning in other categories), conference wraps.

Industry development

Initiatives that may or may not be ICAA that help the whole industry, not just a segment or individual company.

Innovator awards

ICAA award winners only.  Other awarded programs are in Program profiles.

Intellectual wellness

Lifelong learning, problem solving; overviews and programs.

Leadership

Skills for managers; skills for teaching classes and working with clients.

Management

General management skills; budget, operations.

Market research

How to conduct research; articles primarily reporting research.

Marketing

Advertising, public relations, marketing, marketing communications for a business.  Social marketing includes marketing direct to consumers for health behavior change.

Marketing segmentation

Targeting a segment of older adults.

Mental health

Disease, such as depression or megalomania.

Mindful exercise

Meditation, tai chi, yoga; overviews of mindfulness.

Motivation and retention

Attract or retain participation.

Nutrition and healthy eating

Diet, vitamins, minerals, eating patterns.

Osteoporosis

Any article with osteoporosis in title.

Physical wellness

Programs and overviews of physical movement.  See Program design.

Program design

How to plan exercise or activities; exercise science background; includes overviews that do not have specific exercises.

Program management

Operations, program assessment.

Program profiles

Specific information on how a program was implemented; ICAA Innovators focused on program; NuStep Pinnacle awards.

Public policy

Government or local policies; some health promotion geared to greater community.

Research

How to use and evaluate; articles that are primarily research reviews.

Safety and emergency preparedness

Preparedness for emergencies; potential dangerous conditions.

Sales

Verbal or written presentation of products and services.

Social marketing

Marketing concepts adapted to the purpose of changing health behaviors; direct to consumers.

Social wellness

Overviews and programs about interactions among friends, families, acquaintances.

Special events

Active Aging Week planning; any other events.

Spiritual wellness

Overviews and programs about connecting to inner spirit.

Sports and athletics

Masters athletes, golf, tennis, competitions.

Trends

Overviews of situation with demographics and reasoned conjecture on opportunity.

Vocational wellness

Overviews and programs on working, volunteering, skills.

Walking

Concepts, programs, equipment.

Weight management (replaces Obesity)

Managing body weight; overweight; obesity.

Wellness

Concepts of wellness, models of wellness implementation.