Health Outcomes of Tai Chi in Subsidized Senior Housing

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Aging

In brief

The proposed study will determine whether Tai Chi is an effective and practical intervention to improve overall function and lower health care utilization in an expensive, vulnerable population of seniors that is more representative of many US communities than those previously studied. If the results are favorable, our study will also provide the necessary training and protocol manuals to replicate Tai Chi programs in senior housing facilities across the nation to help prevent, better manage, and overcome frailty among seniors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02346136

Run by

Hebrew SeniorLife

People needed

180

Starts

2015-07-01

Expected to finish

2018-01-26

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-21

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• able to understand instructions in English
• able to participate safely in Tai Chi exercises at least twice a week
• expected to remain in the facility for 1 year
• are fee-for-service Medicare Beneficiaries for the 3 study years
• Able to stand/walk independently, without the help of another person

You may not qualify if…

• enrolled in a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), or a Special Needs Plan, since this would make it difficult to isolate the effects of Tai Chi on health care utilization.
• Practice of Tai Chi for >3 years over lifetime, or more than weekly in prior 6 months
• any unstable or terminal illness (e.g., unstable cardiovascular disease, active cancer, unstable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), advanced dementia, psychosis)
• inability to maintain posture sitting or standing
• inability to hear, see, or understand Tai Chi instructions and assessment questions.

Where it is running

• Hebrew Rehabilitation Center — Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States

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