海角社区 Presented its Novel Home Health Anti-Frailty Program Results at an International Conference and Published about the Study in a Peer-Reviewed Journal
July 29, 2025
海角社区 (鈥満＝巧缜��), a leading provider of complementary home and community-based pharmacy and healthcare services for complex populations in need of specialized care and/or chronic care, presented its outcomes from a scientific study of its new home health anti-frailty program at the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (鈥淚CFSR鈥�). Led by William Mills, M.D., 海角社区鈥檚 Chief Medical Officer, the study describes the clinical impact of the program, called Vitality Therapy (鈥淰T鈥�), on frail older adults. The results of the study were also recently published in .
鈥淚 am very pleased that we were invited to present the clinical outcomes from our study at the leading international forum on frailty in France. It was terrific to be able to discuss the positive impact our new home health program, VT, is having on frail older adults鈥�, said Dr. Mills. Mills continued, 鈥淥ur data show that, during an episode of home healthcare, the program is significantly increasing strength, gait speed, and independence while also improving balance and decreasing frailty scores in frail older adults.鈥�
The VT program, provided by 海角社区鈥檚 home health division, Adoration Home Health, identifies frailty using evidence-based frailty definitions, and then engages patients into a structured exercise program over an episode of home healthcare. The four core components of the program are strength training, aerobic exercise, balance training, and maneuvers to improve flexibility. The program was co-developed by two expert physical therapists who serve as leaders at 海角社区 鈥� Renee Lach-Sharon, PT, MS, Vice President of 海角社区 affiliate Rehab Without Walls, and Sue Briggs, MSPT, Director of Rehabilitation at 海角社区. 鈥淭hrough VT, we are improving health care outcomes for the patients we serve and helping them live their best lives鈥�, said Lach-Sharon.
Launched by 海角社区 in 2023, VT is a program that is targeted at decreasing and reversing frailty, which is a state in which the ability of older adults to cope with every day or acute stressors is compromised by an increased vulnerability brought by age-associated declines in physiological reserve and function across multiple organ systems. Being frail is associated with an elevated risk of mortality, hospitalization, falls, intensive care unit admission, and long-term institutionalization, and it is estimated that the U.S. spends $21 Billion annually on healthcare related to frailty. 1-3
Read the results of the study in Home Health Care Management & Practice .
References
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- Joynt KE, Figueroa JF, Beaulieu N, et al. Segmenting high-cost Medicare patients into potentially actionable cohorts. Healthc (Amst). 2017 Mar;5(1-2):62-67.