Wiltshire Stroke Pilot Project

LLT are working with Clare Draper and Trish Cowie from Wiltshire Council to ensure the best outcome measures are used in practice. They will help in the auditing of the project to see the effect of EfS delivered classes on function and quality of life in Stroke survivors discharged from rehabilitation.

April 24, 2011EfS Course, Research and Research Organisations, Stroke CareBy Dawn Skelton

FRAT – fall risk tool (2004)

This paper, published in 2004, details the development and validation of the FRAT – falls risk tool for use by GPs with older people living in the community. FRAT to download.

January 2, 2011PSI Course, Research and Research OrganisationsBy Dawn Skelton

An Evaluation of the Glasgow & Clyde Falls and Bone Health Strategy

Dawn Skelton was commissioned by the R&D NHS Glasgow and Clyde to evaluate their falls and bone health strategy through her position as Reader in Ageing and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University. The evaluation looked at all aspects of the service (from the exercise provision, to the assessment and triage of patients and the links…

June 1, 2010News, Research and Research OrganisationsBy Dawn Skelton

Later Life Training collaborating on NIHR research project – ProAct65+

Dawn Skelton, Susie Dinan-Young and Bob Laventure are co-investigators on a large National Institute of Health Research Health Technology Assessment research grant. This multi-centre RCT trial in primary care (London, Nottingham and Derby) compares a community group exercise programme (FaME) with home based exercise (OEP) and with usual care for people aged 65 and over.…

June 1, 2010News, Research and Research OrganisationsBy Dawn Skelton

Dawn Skelton working on MRC research project ENVISAGE

Dawn Skelton is a co-investigator on a large Medical Research Council research grant entitled “ENVISAGE-Promoting Physical independence by involving users in rehabilitation through dynamic visualisations of movement data”. The large project team include Prof Phil Rowe at the University of Strathclyde, Prof Alaistair MacDonald at the Glasgow School of Art and other co-investigators at Glasgow…

June 1, 2010News, Research and Research OrganisationsBy Dawn Skelton

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