Changing the focus: Facilitating engagement in physical activity for people with dementia in a local community - A feasibility study

Further project information can be found at the National Centre for Healthy Ageing.

The challenge

Lower and declining activity levels are common for people with dementia – however they also likely contribute to a decline in physical and cognitive health, increasing the risk of chronic disease and falls, reduced quality of life, and social isolation. This study is developing and evaluating a new model of care to facilitate community-based physical activity engagement for people with mild dementia.

Impact

• Creating a new model of care for community-based physical activity engagement for people with mild dementia.
• Developing new resources to support training of health care providers and information for people with dementia and their carers.

Outputs

The research team

Project leads:

Other Chief Investigators:

Associate Professor Michele Callisaya (Peninsula Clinical School, Monash University and Peninsula Health), Dr Claudia Meyer (Bolton Clarke and Adjunct with the RAIL Research Centre, Monash University), Dr Morag Taylor (Neuroscience Research Australia and the University of  New South Wales), Dr Katherine Lawler (La Trobe University), Professor Pazit Levinger (Nari and Adjunct with the RAIL Research Centre), Associate Professor Susan Hunter (University of Western Ontario), Associate Professor Dawn Mackey (Simon Fraser University), Associate Professor Elissa Burton (Curtin University), Professor Terry Haines (Head of School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University), Associate Professor Natasha Brusco (RAIL Research Centre, Monash University), Associate Professor Christina Ekegren (RAIL Research Centre, Monash University), Dr Amelia Crabtree (Monash Health)

Example modules of E-course for physical activity providers interested in working with people living with dementia

Key project information