Reasoning Behind Program Design and Elements

  • A significant barrier to improving the health and well-being of sedentary older adults is getting them to adhere to an exercise-based health promotion program (Picorelli et al., 2014).
  • Older adults enjoy and are more likely to participate in programs that are game-centered, interactive, and socially engaging.
  • Multimodal interventions (targeting multiple aspects of physical and/or cognitive health, such as health education and exercise) are most likely to produce improvements (Park et al., 2011).