Age and Ageing, the UK’s most prominent research journal for those working with older people, has just reached its 40th Anniversary. It has published a review of all its papers and editors over the last 40 years, including lists of its Top Ten Cited Papers in different decades and of all time. We are pleased…
The following resources are available on the Parkinson’s Disease Society Website Drug treatments for Parkinson’s booklet This booklet is for people with Parkinson’s and their families. It gives information about the drugs most commonly used to help manage the condition. It starts with some practical points about taking Parkinson’s drugs and moves on to…
We would like to wish you a very happy holiday and to celebrate we are offering a 50% discount on the OEP Audio downloads and CD from today until the 24th December 2012. To take advantage of this offer simply enter HOLIDAY in the coupon field at the checkout! P.S. don’t forget to come and…
This home based seated balance program in community dwelling older people considered falls risk. Only 68% of residents completed the 6 month intervention. Seated balance exercises did not reduce the risk of falls in these older people. It may be that the exercises were not sufficiently vigorous or that to improve balance exercise must be performed…
This study measured the dose response effect of a free weight based strength training program in nursing home residents. Groups trained at either forty percent or eighty percent of their one repetition max three times a week for ten weeks. Knee strength and endurance as well as function improved in both groups. Only the high…
This pilot RCT was to determine whether a strength and flexibility program in frail long term care residents would improve function. Class was one hour three times a week for six months. There were improvements in strength, range of movement and balance. Click here to read more.
Stability classes help to reduce the risk of falls “I would say that since beginning the class, my balance has improved, my confidence has improved and I haven’t had a fall in twelve months. I’m also managing the duties of everyday life.” The Wrexham Strength and Balance Classes are held every week and provide training…
Otago qualified and experienced? Have the capacity to work in South Norfolk and support Active Norfolk to instruct and coordinate a community Otago falls prevention programme? Then Nick Clarke would like to hear from you. Please see the Invitation to Tender and the service specification for the project or email Nick.Clarke@activenorfolk.org for the chance to…
Later Life Training have moved office. From the 22nd October the NEW office address will be: Later Life Training Ltd Silver Cottage Main Street Killin Perthshire FK21 8UT. The phone number 01838 300310 and the email info@laterlifetraining.co.uk will remain the same. Our new fax number will be 01567 820 477. Any post to the old address…
Visibility, Glasgow, have produced a simple leaflet about the problems of poor vision and falls. It can be downloaded direct from the Visibility website, or you can download the Falls and vision_Visibility leaflet here.
