Mobility Decline Prevention
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Modules - Mobility Decline Prevention
USE IT OR LOSE IT
The question now is not whether to offer programs that help residents maintain their ADL function but what kinds of programs to offer.
Ultimately, it boils down to that wise adage: Use it or lose it. If residents are to maintain their ability to walk, transfer, use the toilet, or move in bed, then they must continue to engage in these activities or something very much like them.
This training module provides instructions for implementing two programs that help residents maintain ADL function. The first is a walking program, appropriate for the minority of nursing home residents who are ambulatory. The second is an exercise intervention aimed at the 50-60% of nursing home residents who are incontinent. Unlike many other exercise programs in nursing homes, this one welcomes residents who are severely cognitively impaired.
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