Feasibility of the lifestyle integrated functional exercise concept in cognitively impaired geriatric rehabilitation patients

Belala, Nacera; Schwenk, Michael; Kroog, Anna; Becker, Clemens

doi:10.1007/s00391-018-1431-7

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“…It starts with three weekly face-to-face sessions in the first month and ends with one weekly face-to-face session and one phone call biweekly in the last month and finally only two phone calls in the last week (Almeida et al, 2020). Belala et al (2019a) took a first step to develop an early rehabilitation and transitional care intervention for people with dementia in acute care (diaLiFE). They investigated the feasibility and acceptability of the original LiFE exercise framework in cognitive impaired people in a clinical setting.…”

Section: Life For Older Adults With Disabilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Numerous other measurements (e.g., upper and lower limb muscle strength) also showed no effect (Almeida et al, 2021). Belala et al (2019a) recruited 20 inpatients from a subacute geriatric rehabilitation center with mild to moderate cognitive impairment. In this pilot study, they found a good acceptance rate for the overall activity framework in cognitive impaired people in a clinical setting.…”

Section: Life For Older Adults With Disabilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program and its modifications: a narrative review

Hezel

Körbi

Wolf

et al. 2021

Ger J Exerc Sport Res

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Lifestyle-integrated exercise is a promising approach to increase adherence levels of older adults compared to structured exercise programs as it saves time and effort and supports older adults in preventing falls and functional decline. The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program embodies this approach by integrating physical activity, balance, and strength activities into daily tasks of community-dwelling older adults aged 70+. A randomized controlled trial shows strong effectiveness of the original, resource-intensive one-on-one format of the LiFE program in terms of reducing falls, improving motor performance, and increasing physical activity. The positive effects of the original LiFE program have yet stimulated adaptions to group-based and information and communications technology-based formats, to younger seniors, for multicomponent interventions, and to populations with disabilities which resulted in 16 known studies about LiFE modifications. Evidence for the effectiveness of specific LiFE modifications exists for four programs, while seven adaptions are in the feasibility stage and one is still in the early development phase. A decade of existing LiFE research is summarized in this narrative review that, to the best of our knowledge, does not exist until now. The aim of this article is (1) to provide an overview of the number of LiFE modifications and their specifications, (2) to describe the current evidence regarding feasibility and effectiveness, and (3) to present challenges and potential of the different LiFE modifications. All adaptions of the LiFE program embody the benefits of the lifestyle-integrated approach and enable an enhancement of the successful LiFE concept.

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Section: Life For Older Adults With Disabilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Life For Older Adults With Disabilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program and its modifications: a narrative review

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Körbi

Wolf

et al. 2021

Ger J Exerc Sport Res

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“…One approach could be characterized by specific efforts to decrease the length of stay in patients with dementia and subsequent outpatient care including instructions on adapted physical exercise for this population, e.g. lifestyle integrated functional exercise [5]. Alternatively, the concept of early inpatient rehabilitation, which includes among other components, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, neuropsychology and logopedics and which is widely applied in German geriatric hospital patients, may need modification reflecting the specific needs of PwD and delirium.…”

Section: Dementia In Hospital Patientsmentioning

confidence: 99%