Article – Exercise is the key to healthy retirement (2003)
By Nigel Hawkes. TELLING the elderly to slow down and take it easy is the worst advice possible, the festival was told yesterday. Click on the TIMESONLINE link for the article.
Article – Time: can we hold back time? (2005)
Although a novice to television Edward Enfield has done rather well in his new semi-retired career. Once a Local Government Officer, he still needs all the stamina and mental alertness he can get. So Ever Wondered sent him to find out what happens when we age and if you can really hold back the years…they…
Article – Is this really good for you? (2005)
Richard Askwith, a fell-runner himself, describes the health benefits of running up hill and down dale (comments from Dr Dawn Skelton and Bob Laventure). This is a pdf file – to view click on Saga Health logo opposite.
Article – Falls Prevention Exercise Programme (2005)
Article in Care Directions News & Comment by Dr Simon Bradley and Dawn Skelton. Please note the video mentioned in the article cannot be bought on the website given in the article anymore.
Article – Accidental falls in elderly (2004)
Accidental falls in elderly – By Deborah Condon. Around 40% of patients who are admitted to hospital through the A&E are over the age of 65 and almost one-third of these admissions are due to fall-related injuries, an international conference in Dublin has been told. Dawn Skelton spoke at the conference. Click logo for full…
Tony Blair visits Wandsworth “keep on moving” class
Tony Blair, Prime Minister, Dr John Reid, Health Secretary and Professor Ian Philp, National Director for Older People’s Health, visited a “keep on moving” class for older people at East Hill Baptist Church in Battersea. The hugely popular classes are a joint venture between Wandsworth Primary Care Trust and Age Concern and are designed to…
Article – Carry On Winning (2008)
Following Later Life Training’s sponsorship of an event at the Killin Highland Games, Dawn Skelton wrote this item about the winner for the Killin News.
Falls Prevention in Older People – Frontline – June 2007
Story from Frontline, for Physiotherapists, June 2007 Jackie Riglin is clear what it takes to make a successful falls prevention service: multidisciplinary teams, joint working across agencies and having someone who isn’t afraid to shout about it. ‘Falls prevention needs local champions,’ she says. ‘You’ve got to have someone enthusiastic to fight the corner or…
Article – Muscle Up, Live Longer – July 2007
Story on ageing in the Times Supplement, July 2007
LLT – Help The Aged Bursary Scheme 2005
Story in Geriatric Medicine, April 2005