The Stroke Improvement website is an amazing resource for those working in community stroke exercise services. This easily navigable site allows you to navigate policy and standards, real life best practice examples of services and reports on effectiveness of services. For those managing or setting up exercise services this is a must visit site. NHS…
This national, multi-agency programme, supported by the Practice Development Unit, aimed to raise the profile of falls and fracture prevention, and support the development of related services in Scotland. The programme focused on older people living in the community. The Programme Manager (Ann Murray) worked in partnership with Falls Leads from each Community Health (and…
Update to the AHA/ASA Recommendations for the Prevention of Stroke in
Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack.
Click here to download.
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.
Wiltshire Falls Prevention service works with PSIs and was considered a model of good practice by the DTI. Read more here.
The National Quality Assurance Framework provides guidelines for exercise referral systems, with the aim of improving standards among existing exercise referral schemes, and helping the development of new ones. The Framework focuses primarily on the most common model of exercise referral system, where the GP or practice nurse refers patients to facilitates such as leisure…
In 2001, the Department of Health published its “National Service Framework for Older People”. With 8 standards of care for older people, 5 included exercise as a major determinant of health or rehabilitation. The original NSFOP executive summary, full document, progress report in 2003 and the “New Ambition for Old Age” continuation report can all…
The LLT EfS Course is also mentioned in the Nov 2010 edition of the British Association of Stroke Physicians Newsletter.
The LLT EfS course is recommended in the Best Practice Guidance for the Development of Exercise after Stroke Services in Community Settings November 2010, which can be downloaded from the Exercise After Stroke Website. This website is part of a Scottish Government funded project to scope the provision of Exercise after Stroke services across Scotland…
Physical Activity and the Prevention and Management of Falls and Accidents among Older People – A Framework for Practice can be downloaded from the link below.
http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/documents/physical_activity_prevoffalls.pdf
