Mobility Decline Prevention
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Modules - Mobility Decline Prevention
CONDUCT A SCREENING ASSESSMENT
Start with resident assessment, and aim to be as inclusive as possible. Your residents may surprise you. We, for example, evaluated a walking program for frail, cognitively impaired residents and found that 19 of the 22 residents (86%) completed the 12-week program (2). We extended the program to 22 weeks and offered it to more residents for a total of 41 participants. Seventy-three percent of this group completed all 22 weeks of walking. We used no cognitive screen in this study, though we did require residents to pass a simple behavioral screen: They had to follow a one-step command.
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