Publication – Later Life Training

Exercise to Improve Balance – Cochrane Review updated

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…

January 1, 2012News, Older Adult Exercise and Physical Activity Theory and GuidanceBy Dawn Skelton

Review – Exercise to prevent falls Update – Sherrington (2011)

In 2008, Sherrington et al published a systematic review of published exercise programmes to prevent falls. In a nutshell, they found that successful intervention had to have 3 things in place: a dose of over 50 hours highly challenging balance training (narrowing base of support, reducing holding support, dynamic as well as static balance training…

August 20, 2011Falls care, PSI CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Review – Exercise to prevent falls – Sherrington (2008)

In 2008, Sherrington et al published a systematic review of over 100 exercise programmes to prevent falls. In a nutshell, they found that successful intervention had to have 3 things in place: a dose of over 50 hours highly challenging balance training (narrowing base of support, reducing holding support, dynamic as well as static balance…

January 2, 2011Falls care, PSI CourseBy 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

Review – Exercise to prevent falls – Gardner (2000)

A systematic review of the research trials evaluating the effect of exercise on reducing falls in older people. Published in 2000, this paper can be viewed here.

December 31, 2010OEP Course, PSI CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Someone Like Me: Increasing Participation in Physical Activity Among Seniors With Senior Peer Health Mentors

Abstract presented at the 7th World Congress on Active Ageing in Japan in 2008. Authors, the 3 LLt Directors, Bob Laventure, Susie Dinan and Dawn Skelton. To view the abstract, click here.

December 29, 2010SLM CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Get Moving Nottingham – LEAP Project

The Local Exercise Action pilot (LEAP) programme was an exciting public health programme funded by the Department of Health, Sport England and the Countryside Agency to test out and evaluate different evidence based ways to increase physical activity levels in the community. Nottingham involved peer mentors in their pilot, read the evaluation here.

December 28, 2010SLM CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Activity Friends – Nottingham

Activity Friends is a volunteer programme for the over 50’s designed to help people achieve a healthier lifestyle through increasing physical activity and befriending to alleviate social isolation. Volunteers are trained as ‘Activity Friends’ who then reach out to their peers in their local community. Support and encouragement is given on a one-to-one or a…