Fitness coordinators' and fitness instructors' perspectives on implementing a task-oriented community exercise program within a healthcare-recreation partnership for people with balance and mobility limitations: a qualitative study.

CONCLUSIONS: Findings clarify the role of healthcare organizations, ongoing challenges, and directions for improvement in this program delivery model. Implications for rehabilitation Community recreation centres can provide task-oriented exercise programs to help people with balance and mobility limitations safely engage in regular exercise Healthcare organizations should provide specific supports to help increase the safety and quality of task-oriented exercise programs in recreation centres Supports include providing clear exercise guidelines, and a healthcare professional who trains fitness instructors, visits the program, answers questions between visits, promotes collaboration and information exchange between recreation centres, and provides ongoing education. PMID: 30739500 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research