Happy and healthier older adults as GM Active and Innerva partner up
GM Active has partnered with Innerva, specialists in power-assisted exercise, to help people across Greater Manchester live healthy, happy and longer lives.
Innerva will work with the GM Active consortium of leisure and community organisations over the next 12 months to help engage harder to reach communities, particularly older adults and those with long term conditions.
With traditional gyms and fitness equipment failing to appeal to the majority of inactive older adults, power assisted exercise provides a viable active wellbeing solution for the growing ageing population of Greater Manchester.
Jon Hymus, commercial director at Innerva, said: “We are delighted to be working with GM Active to support more people to be physically active as they age with a research-backed solution that is immediately accessible for older adults.”
GM Active and Innerva will share their knowledge and expertise to meet the needs of older adults and people with health conditions to improve local health outcomes.
Academic research shows that the Innerva solution has proven health and wellbeing benefits for older adults and those with long term health and mobility issues. Some 70% of users say they can move better as a result of using the power assisted equipment, while 90% report improvements in their mental health.
