dementiaCOMPASS is a volunteer organization that was created by Edye Hoffman in October 2010. Her goal is to support people who are living with dementia, both those who are diagnosed and those who are their care partners and she volunteers alongside some fabulous people who share this goal. She offers a local programme designed to…
Start Active_Stay Active was launched today (11/07/11) by the four home counties’ Chief Medical Officers. The document updates the existing guidelines for children, young people and adults but for the first time, includes guidance on physical activity in the early years and older adults. For all age groups, this guidance highlights the risks of Sedentary…
This Age UK sponsored webinar (on the 20th June 2011) aimed to increase awareness of the risks of falls which are related to vision, and discuss the effective assessment methods and interventions that can reduce the risk of falls among visually impaired older people. A panel of experts presented current evidence and examples of good…
This seminar, brought to you by the British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health, Vida Wellness and Later Life Training was a huge success. There were presentations covering the changing landscape of PCTs, marketing to an older population, consumer buying power, new physical activity guidelines for older people, supporting older peoples activity…
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists has launched a call to action to physiotherapists – Respond to the first fracture; prevent the second. One of LLT’s Directors, Dr Dawn Skelton, contributed to the document. The document provides really useful up to date costs of fractures and falls in the UK and a case study. Click here…
Today we launched INSPIRE. Later Life Training qualified instructors, leaders and those who work closely with us have been asking for updates on a whole variety of things. We have a mix of updates on each of our courses, highlights from research (with our courses), highlights from practice (model services), upcoming events, thought provoking questions…
In Sept, we are holding our first Conference 🙂 We held a competition for two people to win TWO FREE registrations for this conference. They had to present novel models of service delivery (anything from new methods and areas of working, new partnerships or novel delivery methods). We have chosen the two winners and they…
The Stroke Improvement website is an amazing resource for those working in community stroke exercise services. This easily navigable site allows you to navigate policy and standards, real life best practice examples of services and reports on effectiveness of services. For those managing or setting up exercise services this is a must visit site. NHS…
This months Stroke Matters (May 2011) has an excellent article by Dr Gillian Mead, one of the key researchers behind the evidence base for exercise and fitness training after stroke and one of the key developers of the Exercise and Fitness training after Stroke (EfS) course now run by LLT. The article starts with how…
Later Life Training are supporting Active Ageing Week in Glasgow this year. Events run throughout Glasgow from the 6-12 June and are either free or heavily discounted so that older people in Glasgow can try out some of the many and varied opportunities to be more active. There is everything from tea dances to walking…
