As a physiotherapist and as a relative of someone at high risk of falls, I was very enthusiastic about this course! It dispels some myths and opens people's eyes to the real causes of high fall rates among older people. It explains a lot, at the same time reassuring you as a family member. It's also refreshing to see that fall prevention is much more than just "getting rugs out of the way"! This field offers an enormous potential for us as a profession and shows us the points that we need to consider in our lifestyle for our own healthy ageing. Highly recommended!
Annemarie Frank
Physiotherapist
Brazil
The course had great insights and opened my eyes to new ways of treating older persons who have experienced falls.
Muhimbuura Brian
Physiotherapist
Uganda
It is an excellent course, especially if you want a quick course to help enlighten you on the risks and reasons why elderly individuals fall and why exercise is essential for fall patients. The course can help you understand a patient at risk and where you need to start with treatment with such a patient. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to learn more about geriatrics.
Cara-Marè Kotzé
Physiotherapist
South Africa
It is a great fundamental course for any therapists dealing with the elderly and their families or those that are at risk of falling.
Taryn Sterling
Physiotherapist
South Africa
It is a well-put-together course backed by evidence-based research which helps to emphasize and reinforce the importance of exercise and balance training in older populations. I would recommend that anyone working with older or ageing populations take this short but informative course.
KWAYNE DALRYMPLE
Physical Therapist
Barbados
I appreciate the distinction between physical activity and exercise. It’s not enough to be more active; fall prevention needs to include balance specific exercises to be effective.
Katrina Johnson
Physical Therapist
United States
It is an introduction to fall risk assessment and treatments. It has good information on reasons to promote physical activity in the elderly and good treatment ideas such as ensuring your patient can get off the floor in case of a fall.
Gretchen Weber
Physical Therapist
South Africa
An enjoyable and informative course with relevant resources and interesting statistics to help support and continue professional evidence-based practice.
Olivia Bates
Physiotherapist
United Kingdom
This course is very valuable to every physiotherapist, even without working with older adult patients. It is very valuable on a personal level because we all have relatives that are ageing and we also are going to age. So we should provide the care that we would like to be provided to us.
Natalia Garza
Physiotherapist
Mexico
A well presented interesting course that makes us review how we see older people and how society and our health care systems respond to ageing. It demonstrates the need for change around how we treat older people and how we could save the NHS a lot of money through early intervention exercise programmes. The need to change how older people are cared for in hospitals also needs to change by allowing them their independence and by giving them more stimulation.
Hayley Ingham
Physiotherapist
United Kingdom
Great course! I've been working with the elderly population and this course gave me additional knowledge to share with my clients.
Jamie-Ann Dula
Physiotherapist
Philippines
This course is very valuable to every physiotherapist, even without working with older adult patients. It is very valuable on a personal level because we all have relatives that are ageing and we also are going to age. So we should provide the care that we would like to be provided to us.
Physiotherapy Assistant
Paese non impostato
This course was really helpful to me by giving an idea of how to prescribe group balance exercises and the dosage
Manju Paul
Physiotherapist
Ireland
Really useful and concise course to illustrate some key facts regarding falls and also the impact which healthcare professionals can have on reducing falls. Well worth completing, even if you feel you have a sound understanding of falls prevention.
Shani Prime
Physiotherapist
United Kingdom
A very instructive course! The tutor passes on many important messages, which one can easily integrate into everyday life as a physiotherapist
Physiotherapy Assistant
Paese non impostato
