A best practice document produced by Public Health Wales gives a clear breakdown of the competencies of instructors working with older fallers in Wales, including the role of the PSI and OEP leader. Download here to read their guidance.
Interventions for preventing falls in elderly people (Review)
Gillespie LD, Robertson MC, Gillespie WJ, Sherrington C, Gates S, Clemson LM, Lamb SE. Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD007146. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007146.pub3
Click here to read the review
Interventions for preventing falls in older people in nursing care facilities and hospitals (Review) Cameron ID, Gillespie LD, Robertson MC, Murray GR, Hill KD, Cumming RG, Kerse N. Interventions for preventing falls in older people in care facilities and hospitals. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD005465. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005465.pub3. Click here…
For those of you working with older people that do not want to join a group, then LiFE is for you!. Published by Lindy Clemson and colleagues, this programme combines strength and balance exercises into everyday life and attempts lifestyle change techniques. The manuals, for the older person, come in three progressions in a line…
Document Title: Falls Prevention Exercise – following the evidence Document Purpose: To explain the research base for falls prevention exercise to give a better understanding of the programmes that have been shown to be effective in preventing falls. Target Audience: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Public Health professionals, commissioners of care services, health and care service providers,…
Stability classes help to reduce the risk of falls “I would say that since beginning the class, my balance has improved, my confidence has improved and I haven’t had a fall in twelve months. I’m also managing the duties of everyday life.” The Wrexham Strength and Balance Classes are held every week and provide training…
Visibility, Glasgow, have produced a simple leaflet about the problems of poor vision and falls. It can be downloaded direct from the Visibility website, or you can download the Falls and vision_Visibility leaflet here.
Later Life Training are proud to announce the Otago Home Exercise Programme for Strength and Balance Audio package is now available. Suitable for anyone with visual impairment who needs a little extra help, or for anyone who would like an audio prompt to guide them through the exercises each day, these audio packages have been…
Last week the Royal College of Physicians published a new audit on exercise provision in falls services across the UK. Some of the findings were, unfortunately, not unexpected! This survey was commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and carried out by the Royal College of Physicians’ Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit (CEEU). It…
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…
