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Diane is a Registered General Nurse, Qualified Teacher and Specialist
Exercise Instructor Level 4. She has been teaching evidence based
exercise sessions to older people in the community for 23 years,
including Phase lV Cardiac Rehabilitation, Falls Prevention, Pulmonary
Rehabilitation, Exercise Following Stroke, Circuit
Training, Chair Based Exercise and Exercise to Music sessions.
In addition to her nursing and exercise instructor qualifications Diane
has a MSc in Health Promotion, a BA (Hons) in Education & Training and a Certificate in Education.
In 2006, while working as a tutor for Poole Adult Learning, as a result
of an excellent report following an ALI/OFSTED inspection, Diane was
invited to join the Tutor Observation Team, a role which she took on and
enjoyed.
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Along side the exercise sessions, Diane performs simple health checks at
the classes and promotes healthy lifestyles, makes pastoral visits to
members who are unwell or in hospital, organises day trips, short breaks
away, bring &
share lunches & teas and other social activities. She also
provides occasional new learning opportunities for members of the
exercise classes.
Diane is a member of the
Royal College of Nursing
and is the founder of the 'Younger
4 Longer' © exercise
programme in Wimborne. In recent years Diane has developed a
new training course which was accredited by the Royal College of Nursing
and which trained caring people to work with older people, teaching
evidence based exercise and providing a range of additional and
worthwhile activities and opportunities. New units have been
developed to make the course relevant to people working with children
and adults of all ages and an application has been made for the renewal of the
RCN accreditation.
Diane is married to Jim, has two adult sons, David and Samuel, is a
Grandma to three wonderful grandsons and one beautiful granddaughter and is an
active member of
New Life Community Church, Wimborne.
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