IFA Global Café Resources 4 April 2025
Resources
- Self assessment of falls risk and advice website:
- Falls Assistant – An online resource to help you identify if you have risk factors for falls that you can change over time. Introduction to the main risk factors, exercise advice and an action plan you can develop and print.
- Active Calendar 2025
- A FREE to download DIARY (for 2025) that has exercises you can do at home and advice on keeping active, whilst also keeping those important dates like birthdays etc. You download it from here, and then click the link that says Click for a FREE PDF of our 2025 Calendar.
- Make Movement Your Mission
- Free 15 minute movement ‘snacks’ online. Either LIVE on Facebook each day at (GMT) 8am, 12 noon and 4pm (the 4pm one is 11am in Toronto and 8am in Vancouver) – go to Facebook and search for MAKE MOVEMENT YOUR MISSION and then join (free). Or you can view past snacks online on YOUTUBE
- STAY STEADY Video
- Good introductory video to the sorts of exercises that help reduce risk of falls.
- BONE MATTERS video
- This is a video produced by the Royal Osteoporosis Society aimed at the public and discusses bone health and falls and things you can do to help reduce your risk. 4 clinical and academic experts chat it through with you.
- STAY ACTIVE AT HOME Video
- From the UKS Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, this video takes you through some of the exercises shown, over time, to reduce risk of falls. Ideally over time you need to increase the load or repetitions and reduce the holding on to support so that the body continues to get stronger and your balance improves.
- APPS to support you exercising at home
- KOKU – Keep On Keep Up – you need a TABLET (apple or android) to download this app. A video on how to download and how to use this app is available here. (currently free)
- OTAGO EXERCISE PROGRAMME – In Canada you can download it from here (no longer available in most other regions)
- STANDING TALL – Available in AppStore
- BETTER BALANCE THERAPY – Available in AppStore
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