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Encouraging positive attitudes to falls prevention in later life
— a report for Help the Aged | | Author(s) | Lucy Yardley, Chris Todd |
| Corporate Author | Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Help the Aged, London, 2005 |
| Pages | 51 pp (summary leaflet also available) |
| Source | Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. www.helptheaged.org.uk Email: info@helptheaged.org.uk |
| Keywords | Falls ; Preventative medicine ; Mobility ; Exercise ; Attitude ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | There is evidence that many older people interpret "falls prevention" as meaning hazard reduction (avoiding risky activities, for example), rather than the potential for exercises to improve strength and balance to prevent falls. This report presents the findings of two studies that provide evidence for this view. The first, by Lucy Yardley at the University of Southampton, was a focus group and interview study to identify features of communications about falling risk and prevention that might result in negative experiences, and to discover how messages might be improved. The second, by Chris Todd at the University of Manchester, used quantitative methods to determine which beliefs and feelings have the greatest influence on older people's intentions to undertake balance training (BT) to prevent falling. Help the Aged's Preventing Falls Programme will use this report's findings to inform its work with older people and practitioners to reduce the risk of falling in later life. The findings of this study are summarised in a 4 page leaflet "Don't mention the f-word!" (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050315001 B |
| Classmark | OLF: LK2: C4: CEA: DP: 3F |
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