World Congress on Active Ageing – August 2012 – Glasgow, Scotland

Dawn Skelton and Bob Laventure, in their roles working for Glasgow Caledonian University and the BHF National Centre for Physical Activity and Health, co-hosted the 8th World Congress on Active Ageing following the Olympic Games, in August 2012. The 4½ day conference was an exciting opportunity for researchers to meet practitioners and older people themselves.…

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Evaluation of 32 week community PSI classes in Wales 2012

Aberystwyth University and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in 2012 published an evaluation of the “Functional and Psychological Changes During a Community Based 32 Week Postural Stability Training Programme: Recommendations for Future Practice” report. The Main Fi ndings of the report were: The data strongly support the programme’s impact on patients’ functional ability, with clear improvements…

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Go 4 Gold – activity challenges for the residential sector July 4th

Do you work in the care sector? Could you get your residential setting involved? Go 4 Gold challenges go live! Go for Gold offers a choice of 5 physical activity challenges. Participants can do just one element or have a go at all of them. The Try-athlon Challenge –choose from a range of 6 simple…

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