Exercising & Where to Start
As we’re all aware, there are a multitude of benefits from exercising as an older adult or someone with a chronic medical condition, and it’s never too late to start. …
Health and Social Care Professionals Day: Meet Our Trainers!
March 4 is Health & Social Care Professionals Day! On this day, make sure you thank your local health and social care professionals for all the hard work they do …
No Smoking Day & COPD
Today, February 26, is National No Smoking Day! While on No Smoking Day we should be keeping in mind smoking’s impact on ourselves and those around us, one ramification of …
World COPD Day
Today, November 20, is World COPD Day! World COPD Day is annually organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) since 2002. Health care professionals and …
There Are Other Ways to Exercise Than Going to a Gym
It’s OK to Not Want to Go A Traditional Gym When people say “just go to a gym and start exercising” that is much easier said than done. Traditional gyms …
Award-Winning Campaign — I Can
We won an award at the Nutramino Health and Fitness Awards! On Friday 8 March at the Nutramino Health and Fitness Awards, Siel Bleu Ireland won the Health and Fitness …
Exercise, COPD & Me: The Trainers View
Our Exercise COPD & Me exercise classes are a huge success here at Siel Bleu. We currently have 16 COPD classes running which reach about 350 people. This week …
Get Up, Get Dressed & Get Out!
Exercise for COPD does not have to make you breathless Today, in honour of World COPD Day coming up, for today’s blog post we’ve talked to a coordinator, Carol Muldoon …
I Can Campaign – Empowering Through Exercise – Thelma Can Stay Out Of Hospital!
Today I Can, maybe tomorrow You Can too! Thelma Foley is 77 and lives close to the sea cost in North Dublin. While always a smoker, a …
Minister Daly Visits Siel Bleu Class
The Minister for older people and Mental Health, Jim Daly TD visits Our exercise, COPD & Me class to experience the programmes for himself A number of weeks ago Minister …