# Promoting Seniors' Health with Home Care Aides: A Randomized Controlled Trial

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · 2021 · $990,974

## Abstract

Abstract
Regular physical activity benefits older adults physically and mentally. However, the availability and the
evidence for physical activity programs that are safe and appropriate for home-bound seniors at risk for nursing
home admission are severely limited. The long-term goal of this project is to develop a sustainable health
promotion program led by home care aides that can be used by community-based organizations, such as
home care agencies and state units on aging, to maintain independence among nursing home-eligible older
adults living in their homes. The proposed project will examine the effectiveness of a safe physical activity
program, led by home care aides who regularly help hard-to-reach older home care clients with housekeeping
and routine personal care services in the home. The primary objective is to test whether the safe physical
activity program with a built-in motivational enhancement component, performed in a seated position,
preserves the function and well-being of home care clients. The secondary objective is to understand for whom
the program is efficacious, the extent to which the program can reach the target population, the extent to which
participants drop out of the program, the extent to which program participants maintain the behavioral change
introduced by the intervention, and what the program's cost-effectiveness is. Building on a pilot project that
demonstrated the program's feasibility in a large Medicaid home care program, this randomized controlled trial
will inform future expansion of the physical activity program into real-world home care settings. This research
will provide evidence and guidelines for a new model of home care, which will facilitate older home care clients
and their home care aides to work together to maintain or improve the function of nursing home-eligible seniors
so that they can remain in the community.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9922207
- **Project number:** 5R01AG053675-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** NAOKO MURAMATSU
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $990,974
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-01 → 2025-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9922207

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9922207, Promoting Seniors' Health with Home Care Aides: A Randomized Controlled Trial (5R01AG053675-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9922207. Licensed CC0.

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