Welcome to the second INSPIRE newsletter 🙂 We are enjoying the relatively mild winter here in the highlands (compared to last year!). We have some updates on events in 2012 you may want to be part of, some great articles from instructors on the “frontline”, some snippets of new research and highlights of resources for…
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…
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…
This home exercise booklet promotes strength and better balance. It was put together with lottery funding for the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Antrim Borough Council and the Northern Partnership for Physical Activity with exercise descriptions and pictures from Later Life Training. Please use responsibly but it is available to download free.
Cochrane Review: Interventions for post-stroke fatigue
McGeough et al. 2009
Click here to download full Review
McGeough et al Cochrane fatigue in stroke 2009 Summary to download Summary
A systematic review of exercise trials post stroke, Meek et al. Clin Rehabil. 2003 has been updated in 2011. It is available to view on the Cochrane website.
Association of Activity Limitations and Lower-Limb Explosive Extensor Power in Ambulatory People With Stroke
Saunders et al. Arch Phys Med. 2008.
Click here to view.
FREE 3 month trial of the ACTIVE AGING COMMUNITY CENTRE Human Kinetics are offering a free trial to go online and join the AACC. The offer applies to all LLT students and the instructions to gain free access are set out in a document you can download from here. The AACC has some excellent resources,…
Susie Dinan and colleagues at Camden and Islington PCT put together a resource for people wanting to set up or quality assure falls prevention exercise sessions. This resource has been made available freely so that you can adapt it for your own setting. Click here to download.
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