Fitbit and texts aim to keep dementia patients moving

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: Older Adults: * Age ≥65 years. * With or without mild dementia. * Willing to consent to participate in the study or have an LAR that is willing to consent for their participation in the study * Willing to wear a Fitbit smartwatch, receive text messages, watch intervention-related videos, participate in physical therapy, and walking exercise. * No contraindications to engaging in physical activity. Care Partners: * Age ≥18 years. * Met criteria for survey participation. * Person being cared for is recruited in the study. * Willing to consent to participation * Willing to wear a Fitbit smartwatch, receive text messages, watch intervention-related videos, participate in physical therapy, and walking exercise. * No contraindications to engaging in physical activity. Exclusion Criteria: Older Adults: * Severe cardiac, neurologic, or musculoskeletal condition (including but not limited to recent or untreated fracture in any part of the body) * limiting participation in daily walking or Fitbit smartwatch use. * Moderate to severe dementia (using the clinical dementia rating scale of 2 or higher * Inability to operate or manage a Fitbit smartwatch device (even with care partner support). * No phone or phone not capable of receiving text messages or watching videos. * No internet for watching videos Care Partners: * Severe cardiac, neurologic, or musculoskeletal condition limiting participation in daily walking or Fitbit smartwatch use. * Pregnant care partners * Any level of dementia or cognitive impairment among care partners * Inability to operate or manage a Fitbit smartwatch device. * Inability to co-participate in intervention tasks with older adult * No phone or phone not capable of receiving text messages or watching videos. * No internet for watching videos