ERIC Number: EJ682263
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Jan
Pages: 18
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Increasing Physical Activity in Nursing Home Residents Using Student Power, Not Dollars
Romack, Jennifer L.
Educational Gerontology, v30 n1 p21-38 Jan 2004
Nursing home programs committed to providing quality care need to investigate innovative ways to meet today's budget challenges. The purpose of this article is to describe a creative collaboration between a nonprofit nursing home facility and a suburban university. Through service-learning, undergraduate students planned and implemented Free-Wheelers, an intergenerational physical activity program designed to improve the self-mobility of wheelchair-dependent nursing home residents, with no added cost to the facility and without placing an extra burden on already overwhelmed staff.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Physical Activity Level, Intergenerational Programs, School Community Programs
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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