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Charities and Non Governmental Organisations
Exercise and Osteoporosis. Expert Statement from the Royal Osteoporosis Society (Dec 2018)
British Geriatrics Society
AGILE – CSP Clinical Interest Group on Older People
Evidence Base for LLT Courses
CBE Course
LLT Directors research papers in the Top 10 cited articles from Age and Ageing
Research – Strength, flexibility and stamina training – Skelton 1996
Research – Strength Training Older People – Skelton – JAGS 1995
EfS Course
NEW Exercise and Fitness After Stroke Home Exercise Sheets available to download
EfS Audit – County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust – Great results!
Positive EfS Service Evaluation – Wiltshire
EfS – Original RCT of the STARTER exercises used in the EfS training on function and quality of life
FFMOT Course
2014 FFMOT Article in AGILITY Winter Edition
Poster-Functional Fitness MOT for Older Adults: A Feasibility Study (2018)
Evaluating the impact of the use of the Functional Fitness MOT Tool by Active Ageing Professionals (Abstract in JAPA 2016)
Publication – Feasibility of running the FFMOT in Physiotherapy Outpatient settings (Sept 2018)
COM-B Behaviour Change Model (Mitchie et al. 2011+)
MMe Course
COM-B Behaviour Change Model (Mitchie et al. 2011+)
Breaking down the barriers – FitPro 2008
Older people’s views of advice about falls prevention: a qualitative study (2006)
Don’t mention the F Word!
OEP Course
Dance does not necessarily reduce falls even if it can reduce some of the risk factors for falls – review of evidence from the Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit
AGILE endorsed Falls Exercise Referral Form
LLT Guidance In response to COVID-19 FaME & OEP Delivered as Virtual Exercise Programmes & Home Alone Guidance
Older people helping Wigan improve their leisure offer for strength and balance
Strength and balance quality markers Supporting improvement through audit (Public Health England, 2019)
Support home exercise with the OTAGO App
Public Health Wales – Guidance on recommending exercise for older people to reduce risk of falls (2019)
NEW Cochrane Review: EXERCISE and FALLS PREVENTION (2019)
Exercise and Osteoporosis. Expert Statement from the Royal Osteoporosis Society (Dec 2018)
Evaluation of Steady Steps Falls Exercise Programme, Edinburgh (2018)
FaME and OTAGO as Dance OR Structured Exercise Formats? LLT Statement
AGILE Endorsement for PSI and OEP LLT Courses
LLT guidance on implementation of OEP/PSI in community programmes
Falls and Fractures Consensus Statement (PHE) and Resource Pack for Commissioners
LLT statement on implementation of OEP/PSI in community programmes
LLT appear on TRUST ME I’M A DOCTOR BBC2 8th Sept 2016
FaME (PSI) reduces falls even in low risk older adults (but not OEP) – Gawler et al. 2016
Age UK publish EXPERT SERIES on Falls Prevention – for commissioners and policy makers
RCP Report 2012 – NHS exercise programmes a success with older people but not always evidence-based
DoH Prevention Package (2009)
Research – Original OEP trial – RCT 1997
Research – OEP in the over 80s – RCT 1999
Research – Effectiveness and cost of OEP – RCT 2001
Research – Effectiveness of OEP – controlled trials 2001
Review – Practical delivery of OEP – 2002
Research – OEP delivered by trained nurses in a primary care setting – 2002
Review – Meta-analysis of effects of OEP on falls – 2002
Research – OEP, Occupational Therapy and Visual Impairment – 2005
Review – OEP, visual impairment and falls – how it works – 2006
Review – OEP VS Multifactorial Interventions? – 2007
Research – OEP and executive function – 2008
Review – OEP Economic Evaluation – Davis 2010
Review – Exercise to prevent falls – Gardner (2000)
Research – OEP economic evaluation 2003
A Question of Balance – Fit Pro 2008
Research – Otago and reduced mortality – 2010
PSI Course
FaME Evaluation in Plymouth (2025)
PSI/FaME Functional Grid updated – why and how?
FaME Adoption and Spread – results from the FLEXI Study so far
Dance does not necessarily reduce falls even if it can reduce some of the risk factors for falls – review of evidence from the Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit
AGILE endorsed Falls Exercise Referral Form
FaME used as evidence of reach and impact in 4 different HEI Impact Case studies (REF2021)
Real Life Implementation of FaME – does it work?
LLT Guidance In response to COVID-19 FaME & OEP Delivered as Virtual Exercise Programmes & Home Alone Guidance
Older people helping Wigan improve their leisure offer for strength and balance
Strength and balance quality markers Supporting improvement through audit (Public Health England, 2019)
FaME (PSI) Implementation Toolkit for Commissioners published
How Occupational Therapists embed their PSI learning into their practice – OT News Feb 2018 Article
Public Health Wales – Guidance on recommending exercise for older people to reduce risk of falls (2019)
NEW Cochrane Review: EXERCISE and FALLS PREVENTION (2019)
Exercise and Osteoporosis. Expert Statement from the Royal Osteoporosis Society (Dec 2018)
Evaluation of Steady Steps Falls Exercise Programme, Edinburgh (2018)
The FaME (PSI) Logic Model – how does FaME work in practice? (Published paper July 2018)
PSI in Care Homes – Research Evidence
FaME and OTAGO as Dance OR Structured Exercise Formats? LLT Statement
PSI sessions show significant social return on investment
AGILE Endorsement for PSI and OEP LLT Courses
LLT guidance on implementation of OEP/PSI in community programmes
Falls and Fractures Consensus Statement (PHE) and Resource Pack for Commissioners
LLT statement on implementation of OEP/PSI in community programmes
PSI – Research implementing PSI (2017) – PhISICAL
FaME (PSI) reduces falls even in low risk older adults (but not OEP) – Gawler et al. 2016
PSI sessions significantly increase habitual physical activity as well as reducing falls (ProAct65+)
FaME (PSI) and Parkinsons Disease – Evidence
Age UK publish EXPERT SERIES on Falls Prevention – for commissioners and policy makers
LLT Directors research papers in the Top 10 cited articles from Age and Ageing
Video summary of the benefits of PSI
Evaluation of 32 week community PSI classes in Wales 2012
RCP Report 2012 – NHS exercise programmes a success with older people but not always evidence-based
Review – Exercise to prevent falls Update – Sherrington (2011)
Fragility Fractures and Falls: Physiotherapy Works. 2011
DoH Prevention Package (2009)
Review – Exercise to prevent falls – Sherrington (2008)
FRAT – fall risk tool (2004)
FaME – Qualitative research in nursing settings (2007)
Review – Exercise to prevent falls – Gardner (2000)
Older people’s views of advice about falls prevention: a qualitative study (2006)
Don’t mention the F Word!
FaME – Rationale for an exercise programme to prevent falls (1999)
FaME – Effect of PSI exercise on reduction in falls (2005)
SLM Course
Someone Like Me: Increasing Participation in Physical Activity Among Seniors With Senior Peer Health Mentors
Get Moving Nottingham – LEAP Project
Activity Friends – Nottingham
Cotswolds – Mentors to support active living
Physical Activity Motivators and their impact in Kirklees
CHAMPS – Senior Peer Mentoring for active lifestyles
SLM – Senior peer activity mentor training to encourage participation
FaME Evaluation in Plymouth (2025)
FaME Adoption and Spread – results from the FLEXI Study so far
Dance does not necessarily reduce falls even if it can reduce some of the risk factors for falls – review of evidence from the Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit
Real Life Implementation of FaME – does it work?
LLT Guidance In response to COVID-19 FaME & OEP Delivered as Virtual Exercise Programmes & Home Alone Guidance
Older people helping Wigan improve their leisure offer for strength and balance
Strength and balance quality markers Supporting improvement through audit (Public Health England, 2019)
FaME (PSI) Implementation Toolkit for Commissioners published
Support home exercise with the OTAGO App
Public Health Wales – Guidance on recommending exercise for older people to reduce risk of falls (2019)
NEW Cochrane Review: EXERCISE and FALLS PREVENTION (2019)
The FaME (PSI) Logic Model – how does FaME work in practice? (Published paper July 2018)
Publication – Feasibility of running the FFMOT in Physiotherapy Outpatient settings (Sept 2018)
PSI in Care Homes – Research Evidence
Where have the pre-exercise stretches gone?
Functional Fitness MOT training – Impact Assessment 2014
Service Evaluations, Published abstracts and other testimonials to the delivery of LLT course exercises in practice
News
In the press
FaME Evaluation in Plymouth (2025)
Dance does not necessarily reduce falls even if it can reduce some of the risk factors for falls – review of evidence from the Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit
AGILE endorsed Falls Exercise Referral Form
Make Movement Your Mission “should be part of a National Covid-19 Resilience Programme” (Nov 2020)
2014 FFMOT Article in AGILITY Winter Edition
How Occupational Therapists embed their PSI learning into their practice – OT News Feb 2018 Article
BGS Blog on sedentary behaviour in older hospital patients (Oct 2018)
Treat Exercise for Rehabilitation as you would a drug
Dawn Skelton (LLT Director) receives 2017 British Geriatric Society Lifetime Achievement Award
LLT appear on TRUST ME I’M A DOCTOR BBC2 8th Sept 2016
Video summary of the benefits of PSI
Article – Career Pathways for PSIs (2008)
FaME Evaluation in Plymouth (2025)
PSI/FaME Functional Grid updated – why and how?
FaME Adoption and Spread – results from the FLEXI Study so far
Dance does not necessarily reduce falls even if it can reduce some of the risk factors for falls – review of evidence from the Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit
Supporting people to be active at home
AGILE endorsed Falls Exercise Referral Form
FaME used as evidence of reach and impact in 4 different HEI Impact Case studies (REF2021)
7 Days of Moving Prompts
LLT Statement – Chair Based Exercise (CBE) Qualifications and CPD
Real Life Implementation of FaME – does it work?
Make Movement Your Mission “should be part of a National Covid-19 Resilience Programme” (Nov 2020)
LLT Guidance In response to COVID-19 FaME & OEP Delivered as Virtual Exercise Programmes & Home Alone Guidance
Older Men, Missing in Action?
Make Movement your Mission: Supporting people to move throughout the Covid 19 pandemic
Later Life Training recognised in the 2020 Parliamentary Review
LLT Annual Review 2019
Older people helping Wigan improve their leisure offer for strength and balance
Strength and balance quality markers Supporting improvement through audit (Public Health England, 2019)
FaME (PSI) Implementation Toolkit for Commissioners published
Support home exercise with the OTAGO App
Make Today Count – 1st Steps in Dementia Impact Report (2019)
How Occupational Therapists embed their PSI learning into their practice – OT News Feb 2018 Article
Public Health Wales – Guidance on recommending exercise for older people to reduce risk of falls (2019)
NEW Cochrane Review: EXERCISE and FALLS PREVENTION (2019)
Exercise and Osteoporosis. Expert Statement from the Royal Osteoporosis Society (Dec 2018)
Evaluation of Steady Steps Falls Exercise Programme, Edinburgh (2018)
BGS Blog on sedentary behaviour in older hospital patients (Oct 2018)
The FaME (PSI) Logic Model – how does FaME work in practice? (Published paper July 2018)
Publication – Feasibility of running the FFMOT in Physiotherapy Outpatient settings (Sept 2018)
PSI in Care Homes – Research Evidence
FaME and OTAGO as Dance OR Structured Exercise Formats? LLT Statement
PSI sessions show significant social return on investment
Treat Exercise for Rehabilitation as you would a drug
Dawn Skelton (LLT Director) receives 2017 British Geriatric Society Lifetime Achievement Award
Where have the pre-exercise stretches gone?
AGILE Endorsement for PSI and OEP LLT Courses
LLT guidance on implementation of OEP/PSI in community programmes
Falls and Fractures Consensus Statement (PHE) and Resource Pack for Commissioners
LLT statement on implementation of OEP/PSI in community programmes
People living with dementia and physical activity “Having a conversation”
PSI – Research implementing PSI (2017) – PhISICAL
FFMOT badges for FFMOT participants
Accolades for LLT Director
NEW Exercise and Fitness After Stroke Home Exercise Sheets available to download
LLT appear on TRUST ME I’M A DOCTOR BBC2 8th Sept 2016
Article in Personal Trainer – Designing programmes for older adults. April 2015.
In Memoriam – Alan Skelton
LLT now a National Member of the Dementia Action Alliance – Dementia Friendly Organisation
Referral Schemes to promote physical activity – NICE issues updated guidance
Care…about physical activity. An article about physical activity promotion and engagement in care homes
PSI sessions significantly increase habitual physical activity as well as reducing falls (ProAct65+)
New Strength and Balance Exercise Leaflet for people with long term conditions – LLT contribution
Functional Fitness MOT training – Impact Assessment 2014
How do PSIs and OEPs fit into falls services for older people?
LLT working with Paths for All Scotland
FaME (PSI) and Parkinsons Disease – Evidence
Service Evaluations, Published abstracts and other testimonials to the delivery of LLT course exercises in practice
EfS Audit – County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust – Great results!
Age UK publish EXPERT SERIES on Falls Prevention – for commissioners and policy makers
Positive EfS Service Evaluation – Wiltshire
LLT Directors research papers in the Top 10 cited articles from Age and Ageing
Video summary of the benefits of PSI
Evaluation of 32 week community PSI classes in Wales 2012
Functional Fitness MOTs for awareness raising
RCP Report 2012 – NHS exercise programmes a success with older people but not always evidence-based
Exercise to Improve Balance – Cochrane Review updated
Managing falls and fractures in Care Homes
Fragility Fractures and Falls: Physiotherapy Works. 2011
A Question of Balance – Fit Pro 2008
Breaking down the barriers – FitPro 2008
Living well with dementia: Guidance for exercise instructors and wellness leaders
LLT visit New Zealand – Otago official visit
Physical Activity Instruction of Older Adults
Later Life Training collaborating on NIHR research project – ProAct65+
Qualification Information
LLT statement on implementation of OEP/PSI in community programmes
Research and Research Organisations
FaME used as evidence of reach and impact in 4 different HEI Impact Case studies (REF2021)
FaME (PSI) Implementation Toolkit for Commissioners published
PSI sessions significantly increase habitual physical activity as well as reducing falls (ProAct65+)
Service Evaluations, Published abstracts and other testimonials to the delivery of LLT course exercises in practice
FRAT – fall risk tool (2004)
Later Life Training collaborating on NIHR research project – ProAct65+
Resources for Older People
Advice Leaflets
7 Days of Moving Prompts
New Strength and Balance Exercise Leaflet for people with long term conditions – LLT contribution
LLT working with Paths for All Scotland
Avoiding slips, trips and broken hips – for Carers
Avoiding slips, trips and broken hips
Step up to Safety
Books on exercise for older people
7 Days of Moving Prompts
Exercise for Strong Bones: A Step-by-step Program to Prevent Osteoporosis – Susie Dinan and Joan Bassey
Exercise for Healthy Ageing – Dawn Skelton
Videos DVDs
Video summary of the benefits of PSI
Websites
Video summary of the benefits of PSI
Supporting people to be active at home
7 Days of Moving Prompts
Support home exercise with the OTAGO App
LLT appear on TRUST ME I’M A DOCTOR BBC2 8th Sept 2016
Resources for Professionals
Books on leading activity and exercise in Nursing Homes
7 Days of Moving Prompts
Care…about physical activity. An article about physical activity promotion and engagement in care homes
Books on leading exercise with older people
7 Days of Moving Prompts
Exercise and Osteoporosis. Expert Statement from the Royal Osteoporosis Society (Dec 2018)
Recruiting and Retaining Physical Activity Instructors
Physical Activity Instruction of Older Adults
Dementia care
Make Today Count – 1st Steps in Dementia Impact Report (2019)
People living with dementia and physical activity “Having a conversation”
Living well with dementia: Guidance for exercise instructors and wellness leaders
Falls care
FaME Evaluation in Plymouth (2025)
Dance does not necessarily reduce falls even if it can reduce some of the risk factors for falls – review of evidence from the Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit
AGILE endorsed Falls Exercise Referral Form
Real Life Implementation of FaME – does it work?
LLT Guidance In response to COVID-19 FaME & OEP Delivered as Virtual Exercise Programmes & Home Alone Guidance
Strength and balance quality markers Supporting improvement through audit (Public Health England, 2019)
FaME (PSI) Implementation Toolkit for Commissioners published
How Occupational Therapists embed their PSI learning into their practice – OT News Feb 2018 Article
Public Health Wales – Guidance on recommending exercise for older people to reduce risk of falls (2019)
Exercise and Osteoporosis. Expert Statement from the Royal Osteoporosis Society (Dec 2018)
Evaluation of Steady Steps Falls Exercise Programme, Edinburgh (2018)
PSI sessions show significant social return on investment
LLT guidance on implementation of OEP/PSI in community programmes
Falls and Fractures Consensus Statement (PHE) and Resource Pack for Commissioners
LLT statement on implementation of OEP/PSI in community programmes
PSI – Research implementing PSI (2017) – PhISICAL
FaME (PSI) reduces falls even in low risk older adults (but not OEP) – Gawler et al. 2016
PSI sessions significantly increase habitual physical activity as well as reducing falls (ProAct65+)
How do PSIs and OEPs fit into falls services for older people?
Age UK publish EXPERT SERIES on Falls Prevention – for commissioners and policy makers
Video summary of the benefits of PSI
RCP Report 2012 – NHS exercise programmes a success with older people but not always evidence-based
Review – Exercise to prevent falls Update – Sherrington (2011)
Managing falls and fractures in Care Homes
Fragility Fractures and Falls: Physiotherapy Works. 2011
DoH Prevention Package (2009)
Review – Exercise to prevent falls – Sherrington (2008)
World Health Organisation – Falls Prevention Strategies (2004/2007)
Review – Exercise and Falls Prevention – Skelton 2007
Review – Exercise and Injury Prevention – Skelton 2003
Review – The role of the OT in falls prevention – Petersen 2008
Older Adult Exercise and Physical Activity Theory and Guidance
Make Movement your Mission: Supporting people to move throughout the Covid 19 pandemic
Older people helping Wigan improve their leisure offer for strength and balance
FaME (PSI) Implementation Toolkit for Commissioners published
Public Health Wales – Guidance on recommending exercise for older people to reduce risk of falls (2019)
NEW Cochrane Review: EXERCISE and FALLS PREVENTION (2019)
Exercise and Osteoporosis. Expert Statement from the Royal Osteoporosis Society (Dec 2018)
Referral Schemes to promote physical activity – NICE issues updated guidance
Care…about physical activity. An article about physical activity promotion and engagement in care homes
Functional Fitness MOT training – Impact Assessment 2014
Age UK publish EXPERT SERIES on Falls Prevention – for commissioners and policy makers
Recruiting and Retaining Physical Activity Instructors
Functional Fitness MOTs for awareness raising
Exercise to Improve Balance – Cochrane Review updated
Physical Activity in Later Life – ADNFS (1999)
Article – How can the Primary Care Team help Older People stay active and maintain independence? (2006)
Exercise and Bone Health – Chapter (2007)
Review – Exercise and Falls Prevention – Skelton 2007
Review – Exercise and Injury Prevention – Skelton 2003
A Question of Balance – Fit Pro 2008
Breaking down the barriers – FitPro 2008
Living well with dementia: Guidance for exercise instructors and wellness leaders
Don’t mention the F Word!
Physical Activity Instruction of Older Adults
Strategy Documents
Falls
Dance does not necessarily reduce falls even if it can reduce some of the risk factors for falls – review of evidence from the Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit
Strength and balance quality markers Supporting improvement through audit (Public Health England, 2019)
FaME (PSI) Implementation Toolkit for Commissioners published
Public Health Wales – Guidance on recommending exercise for older people to reduce risk of falls (2019)
NEW Cochrane Review: EXERCISE and FALLS PREVENTION (2019)
LLT statement on implementation of OEP/PSI in community programmes
How do PSIs and OEPs fit into falls services for older people?
Age UK publish EXPERT SERIES on Falls Prevention – for commissioners and policy makers
Fragility Fractures and Falls: Physiotherapy Works. 2011
DoH Prevention Package (2009)
World Health Organisation – Falls Prevention Strategies (2004/2007)
Don’t mention the F Word!
Falls, Fragility and Fractures (2001) – Cryer
Preventing Accidental Injury: Priorities for Action, DoH (2002)
Older People
Public Health Wales – Guidance on recommending exercise for older people to reduce risk of falls (2019)
Physical Activity and Exercise
Public Health Wales – Guidance on recommending exercise for older people to reduce risk of falls (2019)
Exercise and Osteoporosis. Expert Statement from the Royal Osteoporosis Society (Dec 2018)
Care…about physical activity. An article about physical activity promotion and engagement in care homes
Age UK publish EXPERT SERIES on Falls Prevention – for commissioners and policy makers
Recruiting and Retaining Physical Activity Instructors
Exercise Referral Systems: A National Quality Assurance Framework, DoH (2001)
Stroke
NEW Exercise and Fitness After Stroke Home Exercise Sheets available to download
Strength and balance quality markers Supporting improvement through audit (Public Health England, 2019)
FaME (PSI) Implementation Toolkit for Commissioners published
Public Health Wales – Guidance on recommending exercise for older people to reduce risk of falls (2019)
Referral Schemes to promote physical activity – NICE issues updated guidance
Stroke Care
EfS Audit – County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust – Great results!
7 Days of Moving Prompts
Strength and balance quality markers Supporting improvement through audit (Public Health England, 2019)
FaME (PSI) Implementation Toolkit for Commissioners published
Support home exercise with the OTAGO App
Make Today Count – 1st Steps in Dementia Impact Report (2019)
Public Health Wales – Guidance on recommending exercise for older people to reduce risk of falls (2019)
People living with dementia and physical activity “Having a conversation”
Care…about physical activity. An article about physical activity promotion and engagement in care homes
LLT Directors research papers in the Top 10 cited articles from Age and Ageing
Functional Fitness MOTs for awareness raising
Active for Later Life – Resources from BHF NCPAH
AGILE – CSP Clinical Interest Group on Older People
Seminars and Conferences of Interest
Functional Fitness MOT training – Impact Assessment 2014
Training Providers
LLT working with Paths for All Scotland