Description

Mission:
The Circle of Fitness is a clinical, research based exercise program established to provide a gym-based exercise to the patients of the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center (HRC) and seniors in the community. Research on aging has shown a clear link between the decrease in muscular strength and muscle mass and increased physical frailty and falls, functional decline, and impaired mobility. The primary goal of Circle of Fitness (CoF) is to preserve the functional independence of our patient participants through a program of progressive resistance training, complimented by cardiovascular exercise. Balance and flexibility exercise may also be included in the exercise plan. The mission of the Get Up and Go Program is to organize and guide the performance of exercise programs for community seniors in a supervised gym-based setting. Programming includes progressive strength training, balance, flexibility, and cardiovascular training for promotion and maintenance of health. In addition to the physiologic benefits of exercise, our program has the potential to enhance the social and psychological well -being of our patients. Progressive Resistance Training (PRT) exercise with a frail elderly population was developed and studied by researchers here at Hebrew Rehabilitation Center''s Research & Training Institute two decades ago.

About Hebrew Rehabilitation Center:
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center is located in Boston's Roslindale neighborhood and is Hebrew SeniorLife's flagship health care facility and home to HSL's corporate offices, the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Adult Day Health Program and Outpatient Rehabilitative Services. HRC Roslindale provides long-term care, including memory care, short-term post-acute care on the Rehabilitative Services Unit (RSU), and long-term post-acute care on the Medical Acute Care Unit (MACU).

These internships are available and coordinated through the college or university where the student is enrolled. The student should be in good standing in their program and show interest and enthusiasm for working with older adults. A meeting will be arranged with the head of the particular discipline to help the prospective intern determine if the placement is a good match.

Students must meet all of HSL's external learner onboarding requirements to be offered a rotation.