Abstract : Many frail older adults have difficulty maintaining social participation.
We developed an innovative, personalized intervention to
help frail older adults pursue meaningful leisure activities through
the use of compensatory strategies. This pre-experimental pilot
study conducted with 10 community-dwelling frail older adults
(≥80 years) showed that the intervention improved their knowledge
regarding the compensatory strategies learned and their
participation in meaningful leisure activities. However, results also
showed a decrease in feelings of well-being. This study provides
promising results to support the implementation of an innovative
intervention tailored to the needs of frail seniors and designed to
foster their participation. However, further research is needed to
improve our understanding of the impact of the intervention on
well-being and explain the results obtained
