Last month I attended one
day of the WCAA in Glasgow to present a poster about my study visit to the
University Of Southern California to investigate using a Lifestyle Redesign®
based approach to improve the hospital to home interface for older people.
The congress was held at the
armadillo (otherwise known as the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre-
but it looks like an armadillo!). Delegates included academics, various health
and social care workers and professionals and a lot of older people. In
addition to the serious presentations there were lots of fun activities going
on in the main hall. I met one older couple who had arrived on their bikes and
I last saw as I left playing a highly competitive game of table tennis
together!
The day that I attended, the
focus was on falls and bone health. Many of the presentations were about
exercise, it’s benefits for falls prevention and bone health and a lot of
discussion about problems with uptake and adherence to exercise programmes. My
main reason for attending was to present my poster, and I had many interesting
conversations with delegates viewing the poster but the presentations I
attended got me thinking about how a Lifestyle Redesign® based approach could
help to deliver a more holistic and lifestyle management orientated approach to
falls prevention for older people. OTs sometimes find that their role becomes
one of advising about environmental hazards and recommending equipment, but
these factors on their own have only a limited impact. Incorporating
health-promoting changes into daily routines could have a more significant and
longer lasting impact on falls prevention- and on health and well being.
I intend to look at this in
more detail in a later blog post- so watch this space.
Brand new follower here, stopping by as an A to Z co-host, so: nice to meet you, OT Ebby!
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