LEAPTogether: An Intergenerational Intervention to Address Loneliness and Social Isolation

Summary

Older adult participants will engage in exercise videos twice a week for 8 weeks either while paired with a peer (same age group) or paired with a younger adult with the ability to simultaneously video chat while exercising.

Detailed Description

Participation in this study includes: * Completing assessments at baseline (start of study), 8 weeks, and 16 weeks * Initial meeting with an Exercise Physiologist to determine exercise interests and preferences * Being matched with an exercise partner * Virtually meeting with partner to engage in exercise videos via the FlexTogether platform (meet twice a week for a total of 8 weeks) * Attend a live group class once a month * Completing an exit interview Primary Objective: To assess feasibility by monitoring adherence to an 8-week virtual paired exercise program for older adults Secondary Objectives: 1. To mechanistically investigate the key social pairing components (i.e., older adults together, younger and older adult pairing) within a virtual program necessary to enhance social connectedness, decrease loneliness, improve well-being, and increase physical activity in older adults and younger adult participants in the short-term (pre-post) through surveys and qualitative interviews 2. To mechanistically investigate the key social pairing components (i.e., older adults together, younger and older adult pairing) within a virtual program necessary to enhance social connectedness, decrease loneliness, improve well-being, and increase physical activity in older adults and younger adult participants in the long-term (8 weeks post-intervention / 18 weeks on study) through surveys and qualitative interviews

Eligibility Criteria

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