Strategies to enhance routine physical activity in care home residents: the REACH research programme including a cluster feasibility RCT

• Main Authors: Anne Forster (Author), Mary Godfrey (Author), John Green (Author), Nicola McMaster (Author), Jennifer Airlie (Author), Bonnie Cundill (Author), Rebecca Lawton (Author), Rebecca Hawkins (Author), Claire Hulme (Author), Karen Birch (Author), Lesley Brown (Author), Robert Cicero (Author), Thomas Frederick Crocker (Author), Bryony Dawkins (Author), David R Ellard (Author), Alison Ellwood (Author), Joan Firth (Author), Bev Gallagher (Author), Liz Graham (Author), Louise Johnson (Author), Adelaide Lusambili (Author), Joachim Marti (Author), Carolyn McCrorie (Author), Vicki McLellan (Author), Ismail Patel (Author), Arvin Prashar (Author), Najma Siddiqi (Author), Dominic Trépel (Author), Ian Wheeler (Author), Alan Wright (Author), John Young (Author), Amanda Farrin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: NIHR Journals Library, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Care home residents are mainly inactive, leading to increased dependency and low mood. Although exercise classes may increase activity, a more sustainable model is to engage staff and residents in increasing routine activity. Objectives: The objectives were to develop and preliminarily t...