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Posted on: March 5, 2012

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The Live Long Walk Strong program at Spaulding Cambridge Rehabilitation Center in Cambridge, MA, was designed to promote exercise and physical activity in older adults. The researchers and clinicians have found that physical activity is an important component to overcoming falls and functional decline in older adults. Falls, in particular, are associated with a high level of morbidity and mortality and often result in an unnecessary drain on time and resources.

The program operates under the direction of Jonathan F. Bean, MD, MS, MPH, medical director,Spaulding Cambridge Rehabilitation Center; director of research training and education, Department of PM&R, Harvard Medical School; and director, Research Center for Lifelong Health and Fitness. The program's physical and occupational therapists work with the patients to improve overall health and quality of life.

Please watch our video to learn about the program and see how Lorna Brown, DPT, MSPT, GCS, clinical research coordinator, and Catherine Wee, CHT, OTR/L, work with this patient population to improve declining physical function. And don't miss the accompanying cover story "Senior Shape-up" in the March 5, 2012, issue of ADVANCE for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine.

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I have been working in Geriatrics for over 9 yrs and would love to here more about your program. We run a 26 bed TCU and I am looking for a program and research to back my plan to try and get a wellness center for my facility and surrounding area. Please help!!

Scott Degraff, PT, Snf	October 09, 2012

Hello,

I loved this article in the magazine and the video online. I am a new graduate and have been working in a SNF now for about 2 months and have found a great need for a different way of thinking in my treatments with the geriatric population. I believe, they can become more functional than what is thought and I try to encourage them in the same way. I really would like to know more about the, "Live Long Walk Strong" program if possible so I can better educate myself and my patients and provide better treatments for them. Thank you for providing great articles.

Steven Smith,PTA

Steven Smith, PTA, SNF	March 13, 2012
Lexington, NC

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