Overview

Investigators will develop and deliver a community-based recreation program, delivering group artmaking and group SMARTfit dual-task exergaming to community-dwelling older adults. The program will be delivered through the Buffalo-Niagara YMCA. Outcomes of interest are change in cognitive function and change in physical functioning, inresponse to 24 weeks of weekly training.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

• > = 60 years of age
• have no more than MCI (MoCA score ≥ 24 points)
• have no contraindications to exercise, guided by the American College of Sports Medicine
• fluent in English

Exclusion Criteria

• have a condition that would prevent safe participation in the exercise, as determined by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Older Adults (PAR-OA);
• have severe neurological disease
• have severe psychiatric illness
• have a likelihood of withdrawing from the study due to severe illness or a life expectancy of < 6 mo
• have experienced a lower or upper limb amputation
• have greater than mild cognitive impairment (MoCA score < 24 points).