4: Establish policies and procedures in residential facilities to support physical activity by

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Making footpaths wider and accessible for carers and patients.

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On the job training for health care professionals and allied health care people

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Recurring performance reviews and feedback sessions from partcipants to encourage continuous improvement of the program.

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• Put together budget with middle managers to support activities.

. Develop a daily activity strategy to increase adherence to activity

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• Raise awareness that current programs will be reviewed and streamlined so the facilities will be supportive to physical activity

• Identify which facilities, policies, procedure need change

• Identify who will need to be involved for the change to take place

• Identify the barriers to the facility changing – physical environment, and psychosocial environment.

Identify facilitators to the changing the facilities

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Plan for transportation to activities eg. pool

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Brainstorm with managers what activity options might be feasible for residents. eg. shuffleboard.

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ask residents what physical activities they might be interested in

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planning the logistics of blocking out certain times within the day to implement exercise activities within the residents' day/week

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Continual training of new staff members.

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Organise for exercise professionals to run sessions at the facility.

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Deliver a workshop to senior management and residents' community leaders on the benefits of physical activity for the residents’ quality of life, reduction in hospitalisations, and level of care needed.

Distribute a questionnaire to identify the barriers from both management and residents' point of view

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Plan session times for activities. Staff could take breaks while they happen.

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Quality control of physical activity participation and adherence through logging attendance. Shows the implementation of the strategy quantitatively to the senior managers.

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Weekly schedule for activities within facility

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Regular training of staff who deliver program

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Provide resources to staff who are delivering activities