Effects of Adachi Rehabilitation Programme on older adults under long-term care: A multi-centre controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We developed the Adachi Rehabilitation Programme (ARP), a community rehabilitation program. Under the supervision of professional caregivers, older adults cleaned and planted flowers in the park and they walked and shopped in the community. We examined the effects of ARP on individuals receiving small-group multifunctional at-home care at community facilities.

Methods

This was a multi-centre controlled trial at thirteen small multifunctional at-home care facilities in Adachi, Tokyo. The primary outcomes of the study were daily step counts and timed up & go (TUG). Secondary outcomes included gait speed, step length, Barthel Index for Activities of Daily Living, Functional Independence Measure, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and EuroQOL 5 Dimension.

Results

SUBMITTER: Baba Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7880461 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature