Dance and movement sessions for older people : a handbook for activity coordinators and carers / Delia Silvester with Susan Frampton.

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2014.

159 pages : black and white illustrations, charts ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The benefits. Why movement is important for older people -- Moving in old age : how it helps -- The dance session. Preparing yourself -- Preparing your venue -- Thinking about equipment -- Preparing for your participants -- Planning and running a session -- Choosing and using music -- Choosing dances -- A note about wheelchair dancing -- The dances. Warm-up -- 'My Bonnie lies over the ocean' (bath-time) : everyday activities -- 'Dashing away with the smoothing iron' (laundry) : everyday activities -- Greek greeting dance : circle dances -- Create your own circle dance : circle dances -- Morris dance with sticks : folk dances and songs -- Morris dance with hankies : folk dances and songs -- 'Oats and beans and barley grow' : folk dances and songs -- 'Amazing grace' : spiritual -- 'Step softly on the earth' : spiritual -- 'Morning has broken' : spiritual -- Can can : lively dances -- Charleston : lively dances -- 'Pearly shells' (Hawaiian) : dances from far away -- Oriental eye movements : dances from far away -- 'Haul away Joe' : sea shanties and songs about the sea -- 'Shenandoah' : sea shanties and songs about the sea -- 'What shall we do with the drunken sailor?' (create a dance) : sea shanties and songs about the sea -- Hand jive : dances popular in the twentieth century -- Line dancing : dances popular in the twentieth century -- The waltz : dances popular in the twentieth century -- Free/creative dance : dances popular in the twentieth century.