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Praxis (Bern 1994)
; 92(25-26): 1171-6, 2003 Jun 18.
Artigo
em Alemão
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12847886
RESUMO
Self management courses can efficiently empower elderly with chronic disease. ALLFIT, a Swiss self management and fitness programme for seniors with chronic heart, lung, musculoskeletal or diabetic disease, consists of individual contracting and coaching by a Nurse, a weekly Fitness Training and 8 self management courses for 2 hours a week. Of the first 100 Participants, 99 defined contracts of goals and 80 achieved at least partially, 21% improved their physical fitness in walking and 25% in climbing stairs. Empowerment of elderly with chronic diseases can be achieved in Switzerland by a combination of fitness, self management training and individual coaching.