Facilitate Empowerment
Empowering elders profoundly effects motivation. Involve seniors in planning, selecting, and evaluating their own physical activity program. Have elders organize community exercise programs at the local gym, YMCA, or senior center.
Transferring control from clinicians and others outside the senior community to within the senior community is a powerful
motivating tool. Research shows that interventions enabling nursing home residents to increase control of their own health
resulted in greater activity levels and self-reported happiness.