2. Elderly Inpatients Are At Risk of
Functional Decline
Do hospitalized patients that are ambulated at
least three times per day have a decreased
recovery time with fewer complications than
patients who are not routinely ambulated?
Would scheduled ambulation help achieve that
goal?
3. Nolan and Thomas
(2008) examine how
practical individual
exercise programs are
for inpatients at risk of
functional decline and
how this impacts
discharge outcomes.
4. Methods
Nolan & Thomas (2008) used a
quantitative non experimental
comparative study of 220 inpatients.
Patients were aged seventy and greater
and were at high risk of functional
decline, but able to commence exercise
within 48 hours.
5. Methods
A Functional Maintenance Program
(FMP) of individually tailored
exercise programs was created and
supervised for each patient.
10. Discussion
Exercise programs for older
medical patients that
commence within 48 hours of
admission help to reduce length
of stay, decrease functional
decline, and improve outcomes.
13. Acknowledgements
Nolan, J., & Thomas, S. (2008, December
10). Targeted individual exercise
programmes for older medical patients are
feasible, and may change hospital and
patient outcomes: a service improvement
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