Dawn Skelton – Page 9 – Later Life Training

Exercise and Bone Health – Chapter (2007)

Exercise and Bone Health.Omnabele-Pearson G, Skelton DA. In: Managing Osteoporosis. Lanham-New S, O’Neill T, Morris R, Skelton D, Sutcliffe A (eds). Clinical Publishing, Oxford 2007; pp 151-168. ISBN 1 904392 73 3. Click here to read.

January 2, 2011Older Adult Exercise and Physical Activity Theory and GuidanceBy Dawn Skelton

FRAT – fall risk tool (2004)

This paper, published in 2004, details the development and validation of the FRAT – falls risk tool for use by GPs with older people living in the community. FRAT to download.

January 2, 2011PSI Course, Research and Research OrganisationsBy Dawn Skelton

FaME – Qualitative research in nursing settings (2007)

Stathi et al. published in 2007, in the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, a qualitative review of older peoples views of classes delivered in their nursing homes by PSIs. Click here to view the paper.

January 1, 2011PSI CourseBy Dawn Skelton

British Geriatrics Society

Geriatric medicine is the branch of general medicine concerned with the health care of older people. The term geriatrics comes from the Greek geron meaning ‘old man’ and iatros meaning ‘healer’. Older people are the main users of health and social care services and their high morbidity rates, different patterns of disease presentation, slower response…

January 1, 2011Charities and Non Governmental OrganisationsBy Dawn Skelton

Review – Exercise and Falls Prevention – Skelton 2007

Exercise and Falls Prevention – Review by Skelton in CME:Geriatric Medicine, 2007. Click here to view.

December 31, 2010Falls care, Older Adult Exercise and Physical Activity Theory and GuidanceBy Dawn Skelton

Review – Exercise and Injury Prevention – Skelton 2003

Exercise and Injury Prevention- Skelton and Beyer 2001, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Sports Medicine. Click here to view.

December 31, 2010Falls care, Older Adult Exercise and Physical Activity Theory and GuidanceBy Dawn Skelton

Review – The role of the OT in falls prevention – Petersen 2008

Petersen and Clemson write a review of the role of Occupational Therapy in falls prevention, published in OT Practice 2008. Click here to view.

December 31, 2010Falls careBy Dawn Skelton

Research – Original OEP trial – RCT 1997

In 1997, Campbell and colleagues published seminal work on exercise and falls prevention. The exercise programme (OEP) was to become the basis of many future RCTs and formed the home exercise component of the FaME (PSI) trials by Skelton et al. later on. Click here to view this first paper.

December 31, 2010OEP CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Research – OEP in the over 80s – RCT 1999

Campbell in 1999 published the results 2 years on from the original RCT, particularly considering the effect on older people aged 80+. Click here to view.

December 31, 2010OEP CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Research – Effectiveness and cost of OEP – RCT 2001

Robertson et al have published information on effectiveness and cost of OEP delivered by physiotherapists in this 2001 paper. Click here to view.

December 31, 2010OEP CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Author Archives: Dawn Skelton

Exercise and Bone Health – Chapter (2007)

FRAT – fall risk tool (2004)

FaME – Qualitative research in nursing settings (2007)

British Geriatrics Society

Review – Exercise and Falls Prevention – Skelton 2007

Review – Exercise and Injury Prevention – Skelton 2003

Review – The role of the OT in falls prevention – Petersen 2008

Research – Original OEP trial – RCT 1997

Research – OEP in the over 80s – RCT 1999

Research – Effectiveness and cost of OEP – RCT 2001

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