VA's Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC) and Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Centers are serious about promoting health and fitness for older Veterans. Gerofit is one example of how GEC ...

Older adults with serious mental illness (SMI) have compromised physical function that could be improved with exercise; however, retention in exercise programs is a challenge. This study was a ...

Older Veterans are increasingly undergoing surgery and are at particularly high risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Prehabilitation has emerged as a method to improve postoperative outcomes ...

Abstract Gerofit is a clinical exercise program for Veterans ages 65 years and older with multi-morbidities and functional limitations that place them at elevated risk for institutionalization. It was ...

LOS ANGELES — At the Veteran Affairs Gerofit program, caring for older veterans comes in the way of exercise classes. Twice a week, veterans come together to stretch and strengthen their muscles with ...

The Canandaigua VA Medical Center, a member of VA Finger Lakes Healthcare System, started a unique fitness program back in 2014 called GeroFit. It was one of only four VA pilot programs nationwide.

ANN ARBOR, MI -- Vietnam and Iraq war veteran Edgar Groom doesn’t like gyms. They’re boring and the people are unfriendly, he said. But Gerofit, a free national program that promotes exercise and ...

WEBVTT JASON: WE WANT TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. THE DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY COMPRISED OF THREE BRANCHES: BENEFITS, BURIAL AND CEMETERIES, AND HEALTH. THE ...

Gerofit exercise program provides a group workout for veterans 65 and older.