May 2011 – Later Life Training

INSPIRE – Spring 2011 LLT Newsletter

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…

May 31, 2011Evidence Base for LLT Courses, News, Older Adult Exercise and Physical Activity Theory and Guidance, Seminars and Conferences of InterestBy Dawn Skelton

WINNERS of the Competition for free registration at LLT Conference

In Sept, we are holding our first Conference 🙂 We held a competition for two people to win TWO FREE registrations for this conference. They had to present novel models of service delivery (anything from new methods and areas of working, new partnerships or novel delivery methods). We have chosen the two winners and they…

May 29, 2011NewsBy Dawn Skelton

Models of Good Practice in Community Stroke Care

The Stroke Improvement website is an amazing resource for those working in community stroke exercise services. This easily navigable site allows you to navigate policy and standards, real life best practice examples of services and reports on effectiveness of services. For those managing or setting up exercise services this is a must visit site. NHS…

May 25, 2011Stroke, Stroke CareBy Dawn Skelton

Exercise and fitness training after stroke: from research to practice

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…

May 25, 2011EfS Course, In the press, News, Stroke CareBy Dawn Skelton

Active Ageing Week 6-12 June 2011 Glasgow

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…

May 22, 2011News, Resources for Older PeopleBy Dawn Skelton

CDC Compendium of Effective Falls Interventions

The CDC (USA) have produced a compendium of effective falls interventions that is freely downloadable. This compendium covers exercise based interventions, home modification interventions and multifaceted interventions and collated information from the original research authors. This resource is a MUST HAVE for all those working in falls prevention services as it gives extremely useful information…

May 16, 2011Falls care, PSI CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Monthly Archives: May 2011

WINNERS of the Competition for free registration at LLT Conference

Models of Good Practice in Community Stroke Care

Exercise and fitness training after stroke: from research to practice

Active Ageing Week 6-12 June 2011 Glasgow

CDC Compendium of Effective Falls Interventions

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