The 7th UK Stroke Forum conference will take place on 4–6 December 2012, at the Harrogate International Centre. This event offers invaluable opportunities to meet professionals from across the stroke care pathway and hear about the latest developments in research. The Call for Abstracts is open from 15 March until 21 May and they welcome…
A systematic review of the evidence behind implementation studies on falls prevention, by Victoria Goodwin (one of our PSI tutors) and colleagues, has shown that Interventions that involved the active training of healthcare professionals improved implementation. The evidence around changing the way people who fall are managed within primary care practices, and, layperson, peer or…
The British Society of Gerontology (Scotland) are hosting a half day seminar on “Keeping Fit in Later Life” on March 15th 2012. Venue: Glasgow Caledonian University, 3rd floor seminar room, Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road. Glasgow G4 OHG. Cost for attending will be £10 but free for unwaged and students. Download the registration form…
The Right Prescription: a call to action on the use of antipsychotic drugs for people with dementia Thousands of people living with dementia are taking antipsychotic medication that they do not need and that could possibly harm them. A time limited prescription of antipsychotic drugs may be appropriate sometimes, but too often antipsychotic drugs are…
Welcome to the second INSPIRE newsletter 🙂 We are enjoying the relatively mild winter here in the highlands (compared to last year!). We have some updates on events in 2012 you may want to be part of, some great articles from instructors on the “frontline”, some snippets of new research and highlights of resources for…
We are really pleased to let you all know that one of the LLT Directors, Dawn Skelton, has just (1 Jan 2012) been made a Professor of Ageing and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University. The promotion gives recognition to her work in research, knowledge dissemination and implementation in terms of exercise for older people, particularly…
Dawn Skelton was involved in a lengthy new Cochrane review update on Exercise to Improve Balance in older people last year. The new update includes 94 research trials and gives useful information for practitioners out there wanting to concentrate on balance improvements (as opposed to falls reduction) in older people. You can read the full…
2012 will be the 10th Anniversary of the United Nations Action Plan on Ageing. In response to the demographic challenge all EU member states are facing the EY2012 will seek to: Promote active ageing in employment Promote active ageing in the community through volunteering and caring Promote healthy ageing and independent living Enhance solidarity between…
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For those of you that attended the Inaugural LLT L4 Conference, here are the photos to remind you of the fun times we had! Thanks to all our Keynotes, Tutors (Workshop Leaders), behind the scenes Office Staff, our Sponsors – BalanceMaster and HUR Fitness, and of course – YOU!.
Despite strong evidence that organised stroke care improves outcomes (Stroke Trialist Collaboration, 2003), organisational issues and resource limitation meant that many patients still do not receive adequate specialist community stroke rehabilitation. Stroke Networks are tasked with working with local agencies to ensure that specialist care is available for all appropriate patients (National Audit Office, Improving…
