A pilot observational study to analyze (in)activity and reasons for sedentary behavior of cognitively impaired geriatric acute inpatients.

Background And Objective: Mobility decline and worsening of the cognitive status are all too often the result of acute hospital treatment in older patients. This is particularly pronounced in patients with pre-existing cognitive impairment. This study strived to analyze the routines of geriatric acute care and identify reasons and triggers for sedentary behavior during acute hospitalization of cognitively impaired inpatients.

Early inpatient rehabilitation for acutely hospitalized older patients: a systematic review of outcome measures.

Background: Selecting appropriate outcome measures for vulnerable, multimorbid, older patients with acute and chronic impairments poses specific challenges, which may have caused inconsistent findings of previous intervention trials on early inpatient rehabilitation in acutely hospitalized older patients. The aim of this review was to describe primary outcome measures that have been used in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on early rehabilitation in acutely hospitalized older patients, to analyze their matching, and to evaluate the effects of matching on the main findings of these RCTs.

Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed, Cochrane CENTRAL, CINAHL, and PEDro databases.

Erratum to: Feasibility of the lifestyle integrated functional exercise concept in cognitively impaired geriatric rehabilitation patients.

Erratum to: Z Gerontol Geriat (2018) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-018-1431-7 In the online version of this article the following acknowledgement was missing:"This study was supported by a doctoral scholarship from the Robert Bosch Foundation (RBS).

Feasibility of the lifestyle integrated functional exercise concept in cognitively impaired geriatric rehabilitation patients.

Background And Objective: Increasing numbers of cognitively impaired older persons are admitted for inpatient hospital treatment. Therefore, new approaches are needed to prevent a loss of mobility during hospital stays and improve outcomes of this vulnerable patient group. The lifestyle integrated functional exercise (LiFE) concept uses activities of daily living (ADL) situations as opportunities to improve balance and strength.

Feasibility and Effectiveness of Intervention Programmes Integrating Functional Exercise into Daily Life of Older Adults: A Systematic Review.

Background: Traditionally, exercise programmes for improving functional performance and reducing falls are organised as structured sessions. An alternative approach of integrating functional exercises into everyday tasks has emerged in recent years.

Objectives: Summarising the current evidence for the feasibility and effectiveness of interventions integrating functional exercise into daily life.