Specialist exercise training for people working with older populations
Providing specialist, evidence based, effective exercise training for health and exercise professionals working with older people and frailer older people.
Sarah Wheatley, a PSI, became the Physical Activity Advisor for Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust – To read the article in HealthEx Magazine’s Career Pathways click here. Sarah Wheatley is also an LLT Tutor.
Falls are a major risk for older people, but staying active will keep you on your feet, stave off bone and muscle loss and help you live longer. Click on logo for full story.
By Nigel Hawkes. TELLING the elderly to slow down and take it easy is the worst advice possible, the festival was told yesterday. Click on the TIMESONLINE link for the article.
Although a novice to television Edward Enfield has done rather well in his new semi-retired career. Once a Local Government Officer, he still needs all the stamina and mental alertness he can get. So Ever Wondered sent him to find out what happens when we age and if you can really hold back the years…they…
Richard Askwith, a fell-runner himself, describes the health benefits of running up hill and down dale (comments from Dr Dawn Skelton and Bob Laventure). This is a pdf file – to view click on Saga Health logo opposite.
Article in Care Directions News & Comment by Dr Simon Bradley and Dawn Skelton. Please note the video mentioned in the article cannot be bought on the website given in the article anymore.
Accidental falls in elderly – By Deborah Condon. Around 40% of patients who are admitted to hospital through the A&E are over the age of 65 and almost one-third of these admissions are due to fall-related injuries, an international conference in Dublin has been told. Dawn Skelton spoke at the conference. Click logo for full…