1. Dr. Maria Fiatarone Singh is one of the Guest Authors of this June 2010 Research Digest from the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition that discusses the role of exercise as medicine in older adults. This is an detailed review that might also be useful for your doctor.
https://www.presidentschallenge.org/informed/digest/docs/june2010digest.pdf
https://www.presidentschallenge.org/informed/digest/docs/june2010digest.pdf
2. NIH Senior Health Exercise: Benefits of Exercise
A newsletter from the US National Institutes of Health discussing the benefits of Exercise Updated January 2015
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/exerciseforolderadults/healthbenefits/01.html
A newsletter from the US National Institutes of Health discussing the benefits of Exercise Updated January 2015
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/exerciseforolderadults/healthbenefits/01.html
3. Centers for Disease Control How much physical activity do older adults need?
http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/guidelines/olderadults.html
http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/guidelines/olderadults.html
4. Centers for Disease Control Strength Training for Older Adults
http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/growingstronger/
http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/growingstronger/
5. Staying out of the Nursing Home. An interview in the Chicago Tribune July 26, 2011. Reporter Judy Graham interviews two geriatricians, Dr. David Fisher and Dr. Anthony
Obotto.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-health-chat-nursing-home-htmlstory.html
Obotto.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-health-chat-nursing-home-htmlstory.html