Remote Balance Training for Individuals With Dementia

"The Otago Exercise Program (OEP) is a CDC endorsed evidence-based falls prevention program for older adults. It has not been well studied with individuals with dementia. It is comprised of a brief warm up/flexibility series, lower extremity strengthening, and balance exercises. The same menu of exercises is used for all participants, but exercises are progressed based upon individual performance. For the purposes of this study, three 25-minute video recorded versions of OEP will be rotated for use, all of which include brief flexibility activities, strengthening, and balance exercises. Strengthening exercises will be limited to body weight resistance for ease of instruction, safety, and consistency. Balance exercises involve changes in base of support in static and dynamic contexts, with challenge progressively increased by decreasing arm support during training (from 2-hands, to 1-hand, to no hands)."