A value proposition is a clear statement that explains how a product or service will benefit a customer, differentiating it from competitors. It communicates the unique value offered and why a customer should choose that particular product or service. Health Innovation South West, the NIHR Applied Health Collaboration Wessex and the FLEXI Team have put together a…
A Policy briefing aimed at ICB commissioning has been produced by the FLEXI team as part of their research on implementation and spread of FaME. Download the Policy Brief here.
The last NICE guidelines were back in 2013 and although they did endorse some resources the recommendations remained the same. The new NICE guidelines are out so take a read here. The new 2025 recommendation is that anyone who needs comprehensive assessment and management should be considered for an exercise intervention delivered by appropriate trained…
The Functional Grid (along with FRAT score) has formed the basis of SUITABILITY to join FaME sessions since our first ever PSI training course, with people scoring mainly 1-3s suitable for FaME, those with 4s and 5s more likely to require more seated based options and those scoring 6s not appropriate and requiring referral back…
The FLEXI Study, funded by NIHR Arcs in collaboration with NIHR ARC East Midlands, NIHR ARC Greater Manchester and NIHR ARC South West Peninsula, started in Oct 2021. After finding that FaME works in the ‘real world’ but is less effective when not delivered with fidelity (the PhiSiCAL Study in the East Midlands), this study…
The Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit were requested by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to examine whether dance-based interventions are effective in preventing falls, reducing risk of falls, or preventing fear of falls in older adults, and to provide an overview of the evidence for cost-effectiveness of dance-based interventions for…
FaME as an intervention to reduce falls has been used an exemplar of impact by four separate universities in their REF2021 Impact Case Studies. HEIs were required to submit impact case studies that demonstrate the impacts their research has had beyond academia. The number of impact case studies each submitting unit was required to submit…
A new research paper has been published in Age & Ageing on the real life implementation of FaME in 10 local authorities across the East Midlands region of England. The abstract is available here. Key points: 348 adults mean age 76.8 years, 73% were female Only 41% completed ≥75% of classes (6 month programme). Lots of…
Implementation toolkits are a useful resource for commissioners and providers of services. They reduce the labour needed in the commissioning process and have the benefit of being derived from best practice across localities. This toolkit, for the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme, has been developed from programmes that were effective and had high programme fidelity…
This guidance is intended for anyone who works with or supports older people living in the local community, as these people are most likely to gain from strength and balance training (NICE 2013). It includes information that will help to:- • understand why physical activity is important for older people at risk of falling •…
