Implementing Resistance Exercise to Reduce Frailty for Older Adult

Northwestern University126 enrolled

Overview

To develop an intervention specifically targeted for these clients who have the frailty syndrome. The Investigators propose to develop an exercise intervention that can reduce frailty in older adults to facilitate their ability to age-in-place. The long-term objective of this work is to develop a package of interventions that can be administered within the existing Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver programs. The specific goal of this proposal is to develop a resistance exercise intervention to reduce frailty in older adults receiving long term care services in their home through the Illinois Community Care Program, a HCBS Waiver Program.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

126

Conditions

Sarcopenia

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 YearsMax age: 100 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria for Home Care Aides: \- Employees of Help at Home, with one eligible client Inclusion criteria for clients: * aged 65+ years * receive HCA services two or more days per week * English-speaking * not currently participating in regular exercise as defined as 30 minutes three or more days per week, - - no health problems that contraindicate participation in exercise based on the EASY: Exercise Assessment and Screening for You * Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status score \> 26 Exclusion criteria for HCAs: \- no clients who enroll in the study Exclusion criteria for clients: * legally blind, no voluntary extremity movement * physician does not provide clearance for participation * classified as non-frail based on the SHARE-FI frailty testing * Telephone Cognitive Status score \< 25.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of participants with frailty or pre-frailty as assessed by the SHARE-FI

Time frame: 26 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Scores of self-reported overall health as measured by the PROMIS-global health

Time frame: 26 weeks

Quadriceps muscle strength as assessed by the 30 second chair rise test

Time frame: 26 weeks

Implementing Resistance Exercise to Reduce Frailty for Older Adult

Overview

Conditions

Interventions

Eligibility

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Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes