Designing a life of wellness

The primary goal of Designing a Life of Wellness, developed at the College of Saint Catherine, is to enable program participants to retain control over their own lives, remaining autonomous in their life choices and planning. The research project involved a non-random, pre-test/post-test design at two senior supportive housing sites, one as the experimental group and the other as the control group. The program appears to have a positive effect on the ability of participants to perform work or daily activities despite participants' physical condition or general health. Additionally, the level of anger expressed through the LEIPAD Questionnaire Anger subscale score appeared to have significantly improved within the experimental group. More importantly, the Designing a Life of Wellness program appears to effectively address participants' feelings of nervousness and depression as measured by the statistically significant difference in scores between the experimental and control groups.

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