Dr. Keith Cole and Co-Investigators Dr. Jason Dring and Dr. Erin Wentzell have received a Nashman Center Faculty Development Grant to work with Foggy Bottom West End Senior Villages to provide supervised mobility screenings. More on Nashman Center Faculty Development Grants.
Drs. Cole, Dring, and Wentzell will use this grant to provide a service to the DC community by engaging student physical therapists (SPT) in screening activities designed to support the goals of the members of our community partner to age at home. SPTs, who require experiential learning opportunities, will conduct supervised mobility screenings, feeding back information to community members regarding their risk for falls and declines in mobility. The mobility screens will also include data collection using wearable technology to assess the ability of technology to aid early identification of increased falls risk and decline in mobility in older adults. Our community partners are seeking information about their own mobility and balance, and identification of those who are at increased risk for falls and decline in mobility. The goal is to keep our community members healthy, mobile, and engaged, and this partnership may facilitate earlier intervention and support for those identified who may require increased support to “age-in-place”.
