Jimmy is now at home. He can walk independently indoors but finds walking outside difficult. He is anxious about falling, feels that he lacks stamina and, as a result, doesn’t venture outside.
The CRT have visited Jimmy at home. Jimmy wishes to improve his indoor and outdoor mobility and increase his fitness levels. He reports having difficulty with fine motor skills e.g. writing and fastening clothing. The CRT plan to support Jimmy with his on-going rehabilitation.
There may be a number of ways to improve Jimmy’s fitness level. Consider the quiz below.
Q. Which of the following activities might Jimmy consider as appropriate to improve his fitness levels? Select true or false for each of the options listed below.
Q. Which of the following activities might Jimmy consider as appropriate to improve his fitness levels? Select true or false for each of the options listed below.
Attendance at a local gym – True – Stroke guidelines recommend that all patients with stroke should participate in fitness training (RCP 2016).
Join a local running group – False – Jimmy is not presently walking outdoors so this would be too early.
It is too early to consider any exercise – False – avoidance of any exercise will not help to improve his fitness level.
Join an aerobics class for the general public – False – this is likely to be too demanding for Jimmy’s level of fitness at the moment.
Start a home exercise programme – True – Jimmy may prefer to start a series of graded exercises at home before going out to exercise.
Page last reviewed: 25 May 2021
