This randomized control trial tests the efficacy of the Stress Management and Resiliency Training Relaxation Response Resiliency Program (SMART-3RP) to improve resilience and flourishing among older adults residing in continuing care retirement communities relative to a wait-list control group. At enrollment, participants will be randomly assigned to the intervention group or the control group using computer generated 1:1 blocked randomization stratified by community site. The intervention group will receive the SMART-3RP program immediately upon enrollment; the wait-list control group will be invited to receive the SMART-3RP program after the final survey time point. An estimate of 360 participants will be recruited from up to nine geographically diverse Erickson Senior Living communities.
This randomized waitlist-controlled trial tests the efficacy of the Stress Management and Resiliency Training Relaxation Response Resiliency Program (SMART-3RP), a mind-body intervention, to enhance resilience and flourishing among residents in continuing care retirement communities. The investigators hypothesize that participants in the SMART-3RP group will report greater increases in resilience and flourishing relative to participants in the control group.