The Bosch Health Campus is supporting a pilot project run by the Robert Bosch Hospital aimed at improving mobility, safety, and independence as part of a forward-looking, personalized approach to preventive medicine for older adults.
Mark Timberlake
The Bosch Health Campus is supporting a pilot project run by the Robert Bosch Hospital aimed at improving mobility, safety, and independence as part of a forward-looking, personalized approach to preventive medicine for older adults.
Maintaining mobility is an important prerequisite for independence and active participation in later life. Over the course of a lifetime, physical performance and mobility can decline. This can impair balance and gait stability and increase the risk of falls and injuries. Preventive services in the outpatient setting that are specifically tailored to the needs of older adults have so far been available only to a limited extent in Germany. The services offered as part of the project “Personalized Prevention: Aging Healthy and Active” include risk assessments, specialized diagnostics, individualized training programs, and a wide range of therapeutic interventions. Through these measures, the project aims to sustainably promote the mobility and independence of older adults and thereby improve their quality of life.
The program combines scientific training approaches from strength, balance, and reaction training that can be flexibly applied as a modular system: on-site, at home, or supported by digital applications.
The goal is to strengthen the safe mobility and independence of older adults in the long term, promote participation, prevent falls, and maintain quality of life.
The pilot phase of the project focuses on establishing the structures and processes for the program, testing it with approximately 50 participants, and subsequently evaluating the results. Ultimately, the goal is to create a long-term, sustainable program.
The target group consists of older adults