Translating 3-Step Workout for Life in a Local Senior Living Community
Frail Elderly, Muscle Weakness
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Frail Elderly focused on measuring Occupational Therapy, Aging in place, Activities of daily living, Community program
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged 60 years old and above
- Residents of the local study community
- Communicable in English
- Took more than 16 seconds to complete five chair stands with arms crossed at the chest.
- Self-reported difficulty in performing one or more activities of daily living, which must include difficulty in feeding/eating, dressing, grooming/personal hygiene, bathing/showering, using the toilet, or functional mobility/transfer.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Aged above 90 years old.
- Unwilling to commit to the study program 3 sessions per week for 10 weeks.
- Plan to move away from the current community in 6 months.
- Having three or more errors on a six-item cognitive impairment screener.
- Having any terminal illness, cardiovascular, neurological, psychiatric, orthopedic, or cognitive impairments that are contraindications to participating in an exercise program.
- The difficulty of performing activities of daily living is due to neurological disorders (e.g., stroke, Parkinson's), orthopedic conditions (e.g, amputees), or sensory deficits (diabetic palsy, low vision).
- Physician's recommendation of no moderate physical exercise.
- Receiving home health rehabilitation therapy or exercise at moderate intensity for more than twice a week (last more than 20 minutes each time).
Sites / Locations
- Indiana University (IUPUI Campus)
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
3-Step Workout for Life
Participants will exercise at the moderate intensity three times a week for 10 weeks. The total of 30 workout sessions will consist of 18 sessions of group single-joint resistance exercise, 6 sessions of one-on-one multiple-joint resistance exercise, and 6 sessions of one-on-one activities of daily living exercise. During the resistance exercise sessions, participants will use resistance tubing to strengthen major muscle groups of the upper extremity and lower extremity. During the activities of daily living exercise, participants will practice daily tasks around the home. The community fitness staff will modify the task demand to increase the physical challenge of the task to each participant, for example, increasing travel distance.