title: Implementation of an Exercise Program in an Assisted Living Facility.
abstract: This quality improvement project was designed to implement a sit-to-stand exercise program delivered by nursing assistants in an assisted living facility. The primary outcome was for residents to either improve or maintain function in activities of daily living. The findings of this program have implications for nursing and the role that nursing assistants can play in promoting exercise and thus preventing avoidable decline in institutionalized residents.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing (Drs Hummer, Silva, Yap, and Anderson), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine (Dr Silva), and Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development (Drs Yap and Anderson), Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; and School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Dr Toles).
authors.forename: Deborah B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Hummer
authors.forename: Susan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Tracey L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Yap
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toles
authors.forename: Ruth A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D040561:Assisted Living Facilities; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D058996:Quality Improvement