Supporting people to be active at home

We all know that being as active as possible benefits our health. Have you noticed you have less energy when you been less active? Our body needs regular movement to stay well and many people associate less energy with ageing rather than ‘deconditioning‘. Physical activity and exercise that focusses on strength and balance can help…

October 16, 2022News, Resources for Older People, UncategorizedBy Dawn Skelton

AGILE endorsed Falls Exercise Referral Form

Why do we need to have a Referral Form? AGILE, working in collaboration with Later Life Training, have produced a Referral Form that provides vital information for PSIs and OEP Leaders to support decisions for: suitability into programmes, (and venues and class sizes) baseline exercise selection and challenge, ongoing progression and tailoring, and scope of…

August 15, 2022Falls care, In the press, News, OEP Course, PSI Course, UncategorizedBy Dawn Skelton

PSI Survey May-Sept 2020 – Reach to older participants and the way PSIs work

In May we decided to do a Survey of PSIs to see how they were working prior to Covid and to see the effects of lockdown. We were interested in how many people they were reaching in a week with the FaME exercise programme and their way of working. We had responses back from 656…

October 31, 2020UncategorizedBy Dawn Skelton

Make Movement your Mission: Supporting people to move throughout the Covid 19 pandemic

On the 23rd March 2020 the UK went into lockdown to attempt to slow the spread of Covid-19. That same day LLT went LIVE with Make Movement your Mission. Our Mission? to provide opportunities for our teachers and instructors to help their class and group members remain active throughout Covid 19. In particular, to reach…

June 1, 2020News, Older Adult Exercise and Physical Activity Theory and Guidance, UncategorizedBy Dawn Skelton

2014 FFMOT Article in AGILITY Winter Edition

Bob Laventure write an article on the FFMOT for the Winter 2014 AGILITY Journal (official Journal of AGILE, specialist section for Older People within the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy). This article introduces the FFMOT and was in advance of the AGILE National Learning Days on the FFMOT in 2015, delivered by LLT. Read the article…

February 25, 2020FFMOT Course, In the press, UncategorizedBy Dawn Skelton

FaME and OTAGO as Dance OR Structured Exercise Formats? LLT Statement

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…

February 5, 2018News, OEP Course, PSI Course, UncategorizedBy Dawn Skelton

PSI sessions show significant social return on investment

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…

December 9, 2017Falls care, News, PSI Course, UncategorizedBy Dawn Skelton

Treat Exercise for Rehabilitation as you would a drug

Dawn Skelton (LLT Director and Professor of ageing and health at Glasgow Caledonian University) gave a Keynote at the British Geriatrics Society Annual Conference in London on 22 Nov 2017. Her talk, entitled, Exercise for Frailty and Sarcopenia: Challenges and Opportunities, proposed that the evidence for the positive effects of exercise on muscle strength, sarcopenia…

November 26, 2017In the press, News, UncategorizedBy Dawn Skelton

NEW CPD Dates set for PSIs and others

The following CPD days have been set up to provide you with up to date research and practice, knowledge and skills; we will have more on offer soon, so keep an eye out on the webpages. If you have not received an email about these CPD days you may be missing off our mailing list,…

September 16, 2012News, Seminars and Conferences of Interest, UncategorizedBy Dawn Skelton

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November 12, 2011UncategorizedBy Dawn Skelton

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