A new research paper has been published in Age & Ageing on the real life implementation of FaME in 10 local authorities across the East Midlands region of England. The abstract is available here. Key points: 348 adults mean age 76.8 years, 73% were female Only 41% completed ≥75% of classes (6 month programme). Lots of…
Implementation toolkits are a useful resource for commissioners and providers of services. They reduce the labour needed in the commissioning process and have the benefit of being derived from best practice across localities. This toolkit, for the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme, has been developed from programmes that were effective and had high programme fidelity…
As part of the PhISICAL Study, a Logic Model has been developed to allow the implementation of FaME to be tested in the ‘real world’. A logic model is an evaluation tool that enables the effective planning, implementation, and evaluation of a programme and can be used by any person or organisation such as commissioners,…
A LOGIC model for the implementation of FaME has been published in the EMRAN journal. You can download the model here. This is part of the PhISICAL study where Dr Elizabeth Orton and colleagues are exploring the implementation of FaME sessions led by PSIs in Nottingham, Derby and surrounding areas. You can read the…
The Functional Fitness MOT – Translating practice into evidence The Functional Fitness MOT programme has now been operational for nearly 5 years and during that time, over 1,000 professionals from the health, physical activity and adult and social care sector have attended more than 50 training events across the UK. At Later Life Training we…
We have had a great response to our LLT Statement on OEP/PSI Implementation which had 10 simple key messages for commissioners of services and funders of programmes and training in falls prevention exercise. LLT have 14 years of experience working with services across the UK and into Europe. From implementing and evaluating the first falls exercise service…
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 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…
A systematic review of the evidence behind implementation studies on falls prevention, by Victoria Goodwin (one of our PSI tutors) and colleagues, has shown that Interventions that involved the active training of healthcare professionals improved implementation. The evidence around changing the way people who fall are managed within primary care practices, and, layperson, peer or…
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…
