Accidental falls in elderly – By Deborah Condon. Around 40% of patients who are admitted to hospital through the A&E are over the age of 65 and almost one-third of these admissions are due to fall-related injuries, an international conference in Dublin has been told. Dawn Skelton spoke at the conference. Click logo for full…
Tony Blair, Prime Minister, Dr John Reid, Health Secretary and Professor Ian Philp, National Director for Older People’s Health, visited a “keep on moving” class for older people at East Hill Baptist Church in Battersea. The hugely popular classes are a joint venture between Wandsworth Primary Care Trust and Age Concern and are designed to…
Following Later Life Training’s sponsorship of an event at the Killin Highland Games, Dawn Skelton wrote this item about the winner for the Killin News.
Story from Frontline, for Physiotherapists, June 2007 Jackie Riglin is clear what it takes to make a successful falls prevention service: multidisciplinary teams, joint working across agencies and having someone who isn’t afraid to shout about it. ‘Falls prevention needs local champions,’ she says. ‘You’ve got to have someone enthusiastic to fight the corner or…
Story on ageing in the Times Supplement, July 2007
Story in Geriatric Medicine, April 2005
Story in Hospital Doctor April 2005 by Dr Jed Rowe. Discusses the need for evidence based exercise training and mentions LLT.
Bob Laventure and Dawn Skelton visited the home of the Otago Home Exercise Programme in Dunedin, New Zealand in August 2008. They were there to present to the highly acclaimed Researchers Prof John Campbell and Dr Clare Robertson and a group of 50 researchers and public on the implementation of the OEP in the UK,…
Susie Dinan spent some time with the Duchess of Cornwall, explaining the value of certain exercises for bone health, at a recent National Osteoporosis North West London Support Group.
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