Facilitators and Barriers: Older Adults' Fitness Engagement at an Independent Living Community

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Title: Facilitators and Barriers: Older Adults' Fitness Engagement at an Independent Living Community
Author: Elisa Moore
Faculty Sponsor: Margaret M. Manoogian
Abstract: In order for a growing aging population to preserve autonomy, older adults need to maintain mobility levels through participating in physical activity (Costello, Kafchinski, Vrazel, & Sullivan, 2011). The importance of physical activity in older adult life is widely recognized, yet older adults are the least active age group in the United States (Bethancourt, Rosenburg, Beatty, & Arterburn, 2014). This qualitative study focused on physical activity through individual interviews with older men and women (N=10) residing in an independent living community. Understanding more about what contributes to engagement may help to improve wellness programs in independent living communities.
Subject: Other Public Health; Older Adults; Physical Activity; Independent Living
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Type: Text
volume: 7
Date Published: 11/26/2018
Note: Margaret M. Manoogian
Alternative Title: Facilitators and Barriers: Older Adults' Fitness engagement
Identifier: pure/vol7/iss1/7
Language: eng