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Geriatric exercise training for seniors build strength, balance and mobility, to slow down age-, disease-, and inactivity-related declines in function and age in place. We work with clients in private homes and assisted living settings.
Clients receive targeted personalized geriatric exercise training delivered two, three to even five times a week at an ongoing basis to maintain and optimize function and health and slow down declines in physical and cognitive function. Clients receiving this service have been able to extend their ability to stay functionally independent longer, reduce their chances of falls and injuries, age in place with a higher quality of life. Clients residing in assisted living have been able to reduce the amount of care services needed, and many have been able to remain at that same service level for many years.
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Consistent and ongoing appropriately supervised exercise is aimed at helping clients:
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Continued targeted exercise after receiving physical therapy to further enhance and optimize strength, balance and mobility, aimed to help clients live with more confidence and ease in tackling everyday tasks and build up a reserve to withstand the unexpected.
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Slow down age- and disease-related declines in function.
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Reduce the high cost of care by slowing down the aging process.
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Prevent falls and injury.
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Prevent frailty, muscle weakness, and instability
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Improve mood, reduce pain, and feel better
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Reduce increasing cost by maintaining function while aging.
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Perform and execute exercises correctly and safely which is especially important with cognitive declines and memory problems.
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Avoid inactivity-related declines in functional ability and health.
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Add years to life and quality of life to the your years.
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Financial considerations
Physical activity and exercise are essential for preserving physical and brain health and for slowing down functional and cognitive declines. Insufficient physical activity accelerates both the loss in physical function and accelerates cognitive declines. Even though one-on-one personalized exercise training two to three times per week or daily are best. We understand that financial considerations are important for sustained long-term brain health and physical activity and exercise plans to be possible for some clients.
The Health Fitness Professional provides a daily and weekly physical activity and exercise plan which is facilitated by the client's caretaker. This allows more flexibly to spread the various activities throughout the day for tolerability and enjoyment (from 7 to 30 minutes).
Physical activity/exercise plan is updated and adapted by the health fitness professional during the prescheduled monthly visits and goals updated every three months.
Caretaker assisted virtual personalized exercise training
The caretaker assists the older adult client with physical or cognitive limitations, and/or increased fall risk during virtual personalized training or physical therapy sessions.
Shorter and more frequent training sessions are possible for enjoyment and tolerability (30, 45 or 60 minute).
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Caretaker facilitated personalized exercise plans
*** Home Fitness Care is not to be confused with Home Health Care ***
Why our clients choose Home Fitness Care
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Making sure the older adult receives the necessary exercises carefully supervised for safety and optimal benefit and can be provided two to six times per week.
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When exercises are recommended by healthcare provider or physical therapist are being continued under appropriate supervision
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To monitor vital signs such as blood pressure and pulse, when appropriate we remind client to check blood sugar or oxygen level
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Monitor fall risk, balance and mobility as part of the training session and conduct further assessment when stays changes
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Exercise programs are specifically tailored to the client's health, medical status and wellness goal and are adapted to changes in health and medical status throughout the age-span
What you need to get started
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Let your healthcare provider know about your plans to begin and exercise program, it allows your doctor to communicate any limitations, restrictions or guidelines that need to be taken into account for designing your exercise program.
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Complete a Health and Medical History Questionnaire and other administrative forms
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When available, include physical therapy discharge notes or documentation of previous exercises
An individualized exercise program may include the following
(1) Vital signs check up
(2) Cardiovascular exercise training -warm-up
(3) Multi-sensory balance, gait training, falls prevention and intervention programming
(4) Muscle strengthening exercise or resistance exercise training
(5) Flexibility exercises-cooldown
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Where we provide Home Fitness Care
We provide Home Fitness Care in the comfort and privacy of our client's home, independent living, assisted living, adult care home or other senior living residence.
Palliative Fitness Care
Palliative exercise is provided for clients in the advanced stages of a life-threatening disease. The therapeutic exercise program is designed to slow down functional declines due to the disease process, improve circulation and digestion, reduce pain, maintain muscle strength and prevent frailty, help decrease fatigue, reduce symptoms and improve mood.
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Contact Fitness & Function
Mailing address:
4804 NW Bethany Blvd. Suite 12 #167
Portland, OR 97229
info@fitnessandfunction.com | Phone: 503-267-1030