Working with colleagues in NHS Lothian and Glasgow Caledonian University, LLT looked at the feasibility of delivering the FFMOT to change activity behaviour in older patients attending musculoskeletal outpatient clinics. This mixed-method study aimed to understand the views and perceptions of both patients and staff. Most participants felt they had learned about their abilities and…
PSI (FaME) was always designed and evidenced for working with those who live in their own homes. But as many of you know, we give chair based starting alternatives to every exercise and frailer people can make a start with the programme. Sophie Thomas, a PSI doing her degree in Brighton, chose to do her…
Recently, LLT have been working with Dance to Health to increase strength and balance opportunities for older people. We have had a number of queries on the adaptation of FaME/OEP into dance and its effectiveness. To support our PSIs and OEP Leaders, and commissioners of services, we have issued a statement which can be read…
Public Health England, in Jan 2017, published their Falls and Fractures Consensus Statement and confirmed that FaME sessions delivered by PSIs were cost-effective (PHE 2017). More recently, Gateshead Older People’s Assembly had independent research done on their return on investment (GOPA, 2017). “Gateshead Older People’s Assembly is a unique community-based organisation working with and for…
LLT prides itself on ensuring evidence based practice and updating our courses based on research evidence. Thats why we have removed the pre-exercises stretches from our warm up! The stretches are still there, as developmental stretches at the end of a session when muscles are nicely warm. Download the rationale behind their removal here.
We are very happy to announce AGILE endorsement of LLTs PSI and OEP training (2017). These courses used to be endorsed by the CSP, however, the CSP stopped endorsement of all courses in 2016. It was important for us to seek alternative endorsement to reflect our ongoing commitment to evidence based practice and to raise the bar…
The COM-B behaviour change model is now used extensively in behaviour change interventions in the scientific literature. COM-B (‘capability’, ‘opportunity’, ‘motivation’ and ‘behaviour’) model. This model recognises that behaviour is part of an interacting system involving all these components. Interventions need to change one or more of them in such a way as to put the…
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…
In January 2017, the member organisations of the National Falls Prevention Coordination Group (NFPCG), hosted by Public Health England, published the ‘Falls and fracture consensus statement: supporting commissioning for prevention’. This was aimed at local commissioners and strategic leads with a remit for falls and bone health and detailed key interventions, approaches to commissioning and…
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
