The feasibility of increasing physical activity in care home residents: Active Residents in Care Homes (ARCH) programme

Maintaining physical activity for older residents in care homes maximises their physical and mental health and wellbeing, independence, dignity and quality of life. Unfortunately, most residents do not participate in regular physical activity. Active Residents in Care Homes, ARCH, was designed to increase physical activity by facilitating whole-system change in a care home. We evaluated whether ARCH can be delivered, its effects on resident ’s physical activity, wellbeing and costs.

Source: Physiotherapy - June 25, 2019 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Michael V. Hurley, Julia Wood, Raymond Smith, Robert Grant, Jake Jordan, Heather Gage, Leizl Anderson, Bernadette Kennedy, Fiona Jones Source Type: research