Title

Wellness Promotion Through Leisure Activity Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Authors

Gabriela Morrell-Zucker, University of St. Augustine for Health SciencesFollow

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Description

The purpose of this capstone project is to analyze the outcomes of an occupation-based wellness program which aims to address the problem of a lack of wellness promotion programs for community-dwelling older adults. Through structured programming older-adults demonstrated increased participation in leisure activities contributing to positive health and wellness. As the older adult population continues to grow, there is a need to engage community-dwelling older adult populations in wellness promotion through leisure activities. For this purpose, a quantitative approach examines the outcomes of program development from older adults' perspectives through a the CHAMPS Older Adult Physical Activity Questionnaire.

Publication Date

4-13-2022

Publisher

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Keywords

Health and wellness, program development community-dwelling older adults, leisure participation, occupational engagement, CHAMPS, qualitative, survey, questionnaire, community practice

Medical Subject Headings

Community Health Services, Independent Living, Aged, Adult, Health Education, Leisure Activity, Exercise, Program Development, Occupational Therapy

Disciplines

Geriatrics | Health and Physical Education | Occupational Therapy

Comments

Poster presented at the Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium, held online at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences April 11th-13th.

Recommended Citation

Morrell-Zucker, G. (2022, April 13). Wellness Promotion Through Leisure Activity Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Poster presented at the Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium, University of St Augustine for Health Sciences. Retrieved from https://soar.usa.edu/otdcapstones-spring2022/19