In-hospital mobility programs led seniors to have significantly higher ability to move around following discharge, a new study has found.
University of Alabama at Birmingham investigators found that 100 hospitalized patients over age 65 who participated in the mobility program were able to maintain their pre-hospitalization community mobility status in the month following discharge. The program offered assistance with walking or moving at least twice a day, and behavioral intervention focused on goal setting and discussing mobility barriers.
Those who received usual care had clinically significant declines in mobility after discharge.
From the July 01, 2016 Issue of McKnight's Long-Term Care News
