Experiences of people with stroke and multiple sclerosis and caregivers of a community exercise programme involving a healthcare-recreation partnership.

To explore perceptions of people with neurological conditions and their caregivers of the health benefits of a group, task-oriented community-based exercise programme incorporating a healthcare-recreation partnership. Descriptive qualitative study. Individuals with balance and mobility deficits from a neurological condition, and their caregivers, were interviewed on completion of a group, task-oriented community-based exercise programme incorporating a healthcare-recreation partnership.

Considerations for expanding community exercise programs incorporating a healthcare-recreation partnership for people with balance and mobility limitations: a mixed methods evaluation.

Objective: To increase access to safe and appropriate exercise for people with balance and mobility limitations, community organizations have partnered with healthcare providers to deliver an evidence-based, task-oriented group exercise program in community centers in Canada. We aimed to understand challenges and solutions to implementing this program model to inform plans for expansion.

Results: At a 1-day meeting, 53 stakeholders (healthcare/recreation personnel, program participants/caregivers, researchers) identified challenges to program implementation that were captured by seven themes: Resources to deliver the exercise class (e.

Characterising community exercise programmes delivered by fitness instructors for people with neurological conditions: a scoping review.

A scoping review was conducted to characterise evaluations of community-based exercise programmes (CBEPs) delivered by fitness instructors to people with neurological conditions. Literature published from 1946 to April 2014 in MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the grey literature were searched. Search terms included community, programme, exercise, adult, brain disease and spinal cord disease.