Friends of the Elderly (Charity) is passionate about enhancing the quality of life of older people. They provide direct services including residential care homes, nursing homes and dementia care homes. Their day clubs, home support, home visiting, telephone befriending and grant-giving services help older people live independently at home. For more information, click here, or…
RoSPA – the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents offer a one day training course on home safety assessment and intervention. The risk of accidental injury in the home increases with age. Home accidents can lead to unnecessary pain and suffering and ultimately to increased dependency, yet so many of these accidents are preventable.…
LLT work closely with the University of Derby to allow successfully qualified PSIs with a first degree to use their PSI qualification towards module points for this Masters Degree. The Degree has four interim awards that make up the MSc Advanced Practice: * Postgraduate Certificate in Osteoporosis and Falls Management (PSI qualification can count as…
Walking for health offers free training to people who are willing and able to lead health walks in their community. They also provide cascade training for people wanting to train walk leaders in their area and special training for those working with people with learning difficulties.
THRIVE organises a range of courses, bespoke training and consultancy for professionals who want to use gardening to benefit disabled people. They also offer a unique quality assurance system, Cultivating Quality, which helps projects run their social and therapeutic horticulture activities effectively and efficiently.
The Keep Fit Association is a long-established body – from 1956 – dedicated to the provision of safe and effective exercise, movement and dance. All KFA movement is based on Rudolph Laban’s principles. Known as the father of modern European dance, he devised a clear and concise movement language that gives teachers the tools to…
BACR, British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation, provides Level 4 REPS endorsed training for those wanting to work with people in cardiac rehabilitation. BACR Education coordinates both the BACR Exercise Instructor Training qualification and a range of short courses for health and exercise professionals involved in cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation. Delegates will receive comprehensive peer reviewed…
Future Fit have been a training provider for over 17 years. They provide REPS endorsed training for personal fitness trainers, exercise to music, gym instructor and other Level 3 and Level 2 REPS endorsed training.
The Active for Later Life resource, developed by the BHF National Centre for Physical Activity and Health (in partnership with the British Heart Foundation), aimed to help all those involved in developing physical activity programmes for older people of all ages and abilities. Originally published in 2003 and updated in 2010, the Active for Later…
AGILE is a Professional Network of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy that specializes in rehabilitation for older people and specific expertise in Osteoporosis, Falls, Parkinson’s disease and exercise. They produce a journal “Agility” and organise conferences and seminars throughout the year.
