Step up to fight dementia: new study tests tech support for seniors living alone

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

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 60 years or older * Living alone and community dwelling * Engaging in 60 minutes or less per week of self-reported moderate-to-vigorous physical activity at screening (based on Exercise Vital Sign Questionnaire) * Self-reported decline in cognitive functioning * Self-reported ownership of/willingness to use a smartphone with an iOS or Android operating system (necessary for participants to track their activity using a wearable activity monitor). * Able to read and speak in English. We hope to offer the intervention in Spanish in the future; however, currently, the study materials are only available in English, and participation will require ability to read and respond to study materials. Exclusion Criteria: * Endorsing an item on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q), unless a physician's note is provided * Resting blood pressure greater than 200/110 mmHG as assessed at the baseline study assessment (unless a physician's note is provided) * Plans to relocate out of metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona area in the next 6 months * Participation in another physical activity, nutrition or weight loss program at time of screening or at any time during the intervention * Individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), as determined by either a self-report of receiving a diagnosis of MCI from a health care provider or as assessed by the Telephone-Montreal Cognitive Assessment (T-MoCA) at the Baseline Session. A score \< 18 is an exclusion criterion. * Individuals with neurodegenerative (e.g., dementia), developmental (e.g., autism), neurologic (e.g., Parkinson's, epilepsy), or major psychiatric (e.g., bipolar, schizophrenia) diagnoses * Being previously prescribed one of the 5 approved Alzheimer's medications, including: Donepezil (Aricept), Rivastigmine (Exelon), Galantamine (Razadyne), Memantine (Namenda), Memantine + Donepezil (Namzaric) * Score of 9 or higher on the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) at the Baseline Session \[scores of 9 and higher are indicative of moderate to severe depression\] * History of stroke * Incarcerated individuals (i.e., Prisoners)