In January 2017, the member organisations of the National Falls Prevention Coordination Group (NFPCG), hosted by Public Health England, published the ‘Falls and fracture consensus statement: supporting commissioning for prevention’. This was aimed at local commissioners and strategic leads with a remit for falls and bone health and detailed key interventions, approaches to commissioning and…
Calling out to all LLT qualified instructors (PSI/EfS/OEP/CBE/OA) to remember to ensure they have made their profile public on the LLT Instructor Profile. We also encourage you to promote your services on the SALUSA website, a social enterprise which aims to get information on activities for older people easily available. Read here about Salusa and visit…
Age UK Bolton have 3 exciting job opportunities. For full details please click on the below links: Active Ageing Assistant Active Ageing Assistant (Community Services) JD Falls Prevention Co-ordinator Falls Prevention Co-ordinator Job Description and specification – June 2017 Strength & Balance Exercise Instructor Strength Balance Exercise Instructor Job Description and Specification 23 May 2017…
Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles are recruiting a new Wellbeing Specialist Instructor. For full details and how to apply please follow the link Wigan Wellbeing Specialist Instructor – Active Later Life
This statement delivers TEN simple Key Messages for commissioners of services and funders of programmes and training about the evidence based OEP and PSI programmes
The Stroke Association have initiated a new ‘Exercise-based Stroke Rehabilitation service‘ where it signposts stroke survivors to evidence based exercise options. Clients must be referred by a health professional, such as their physiotherapist, GP, stroke specialist nurse or occupational therapist. The service provides a 12 week programme of exercise and education sessions for stroke survivors, to…
This week is Dementia Awareness Week. Working with local Alzheimer Society Service User Review Panels (SURPs) in England, Bob Laventure had a series of informal conversations with people living with dementia about taking part in physical activity. They talked about their views, interests and experiences and the challenges they face in taking up and/or continuing a range…
Renfrewshire Carers Centre are recruiting a new member of their support team in the Centre funded by the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund and Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership Adult Support Worker – £20520 (pro rata) – 26 hour post To provide new carers in Renfrewshire with an intensive, holistic approach to…
Colleagues in Germany have published the development and protocol of an intervention for people who have had a hip or pelvic fracture that they are currently evaluating in a large RCT. Part of the combined fear of falling and exercise intervention (Step by Step) is based on FaME (particularly floor work) and Otago. You can…
The PhISICAL Activity Intervention in Community-based AduLts (PhISICAL) Study The aim of the PhISICAL study is to examine the implementation of FaME in two very different areas of the East Midlands in order to understand the factors that make such a programme a success or not. You can find out more about this work, led by Nottingham University…
