Let’s dance in your Care Home.
There are several health benefits of dancing amongst older people, and at All Steps First Dance, our dedicated dance teachers can facilitate this in your home.
Why book a dance class with us?
- Better Cognition
Dancing is a brain workout too! Research shows that 1-2 hours of dancing per week can improve cognitive skills. The memorising of steps and the focus required result in increased brain activity, promoting better cognitive function.
- Energy Levels WILL INCREASE!
Dancing definitely has the feel good factor! It stimulates the production of those happy hormones, such as serotonin and endorphins, making you more energised.
- Increased Flexibility
Dance can help you avoid other injuries by keeping your joints loose and enabling more movement with less physical discomfort.
- INCREASED Strength
Dancing requires your muscles to resist your body weight and therefore increase muscle strength. And the more you dance, the more you are able to move in life!
- Improved Bone Health
Dancing enhances bone strength because it increases bone mass.
- IMPROVED Cardiovascular Health
We offer low-impact cardio dance classes in our residential and care homes but this produces many of the same heart and pulmonary benefits as traditional cardio exercises.
7. Enhanced Agility
As we age, we tend to lose the ability to move quickly and easily. Dancing helps you regain some of that agility.
- Decreased Stress
Dance can help you de-stress as you are focusing on a nice activity whilst releasing endorphins. Additionally, music can soothe you, inspire you, and even help you feel nostalgic and bring back happy memories from your youth.
- Improved Balance
Dance requires you to use balance as you move, step, and turn. Your base of support changes with each movement, and your brain and body respond by enhancing your ability to adjust and maintain your balance.
- HELPS WITH Weight Management
Dancing provides a whole-body workout that results in calorie burn.
- Boosted Confidence
Dance can improve your physical, mental, emotional, and social health. With all that going for you, you are bound to feel more confident about yourself and the world around you.
- More Opportunities for Social Interaction and connections
Dancing and listening to music are great social activities. The connection you build with people when you’re dancing with them or alongside them is so beneficial and can help eliminate feelings of loneliness and isolation that older people sometimes feel.
Our sessions are 11-11.45am or 2-2.45pm and they cost the following:
£80 per session for one off sessions
£70 for monthly sessions
£65 for fortnightly session
£60 for weekly sessions.
We can offer seated or standing sessions in a number of styles and would cater to your resident’s needs. We have experience in delivering these sessions in other care homes more prominently before the pandemic.
Just get in touch and find out the availability in your area.