Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

This is a proposed Ph.D. thesis. The assessment for mobility and fit to participate as well as the development of suitable physical activities (exercises) for older adults with severe dementia is lacking in the literature. With my experience as an exercise instructor in a Long Term Care facility, I find it frustrating that severely dementia older adults are often neglected when developing exercises for either improve mobility or prevent falls. Therefore, I am particularly interested in understanding which of the various mobility assessments/tools/test can predict and prevent falls in advanced demented older adults. I hope that the findings of my studies will help develop mobility assessment tools that can predict falls in the severely demented older adults as well as provide insight on the how to develop specific exercises that will be suitable for them.