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| Start/ End Dates | 09/15/02 – 10/31/04 |
| Funding Source | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| Principal Investigator | Alan M. Jette |
| Project Personnel/Collaborators | Nancy Latham, Bette Ann Harris |
| Project Description | The aim of this project was to determine whether a home-based exercise program for older adults (Strong for Life) could be successfully disseminated to home-bound older people using volunteers from a national organization (Faith in Action). The program was disseminated to 10 Faith in Action sites in diverse regions around the country. Physical therapy trainers visited each site and trained volunteers, who were matched one-on-one with an exercise participant. The volunteer trainers taught the program to the the older exercise participants, and visited them weekly for one year. |
| Project Update | A total of 105 participants were recruited into this project. The exercise participants, volunteers and site co-ordinators reported high levels of satisfaction with the program. The final outcome evaluations are now complete and are being analyzed and the main article from this work should be submitted for publication by September 2004. |
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