This festive season, #CheckIn on friends, neighbours and relations that live alone. #Loneliness and #isolation can lead to #depression which can cause a decline in physical health. #ReachOut if you think someone needs a friend. Loneliness can – and does – affect anyone. #AGEUK

2 🎄 Did you know that you should be doing strengthening activities such as carrying heavy Christmas shopping bags, heavy housework or weight training on at least two days of the week to keep your muscles, bones and joints strong? #staystrong #nevertoolate #noexcuses

Exciting inaugural meeting of the LLR Taskforce for Care Home Conveyances; whose aim is to reduce unnecessary patient journeys to ED through education, improved integrated working & support for patients and carers out of hospital. LLRAcademy Better Care Together #moregooddays #teamofteams

Rutland Ward Dalgliesh Ward LPTStLukesStrokeTeam Hinckley & Bosworth Community Hospital LPT Ward 2 - Coalville Community Hospital CoalvilleWard1strokeunitLPT FPHInpatientsLPT Swithland Ward Hinckley & Bosworth Hospital - East & North Ward @jane_howden Sarah Staunton Sarah Clements LPT MSK Physio LPT Falls Prevention Service Jonathan Dexter OstJ

Interesting read. As a team we are gradually getting our service up and running again. Having to adapt in a changing world and continuing to have patients at the forefront of our minds. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust British Geriatrics Society #fallsprevention #falls bgs.org.uk/blog/are-you-r…

We are currently recruiting Band 6 Physiotherapists to join our Specialist Falls Prevention service. #falls #fallsprevention jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/916…

Currently recruiting Band 4 Generic Technical Instructors for our Specialist Falls Prevention Service #falls #fallsprevention jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/916…

On behalf of some people today feeling low😉.I am not generic I did not study the profession of generic, my set of skills are unique, I can personalise to the individual. I see the ‘person’ and what matters to them. I am an asset to the team. I am an Occupational Therapist.

Available now. New pocket resource to give our staff access to falls prevention and management information. Please see info in today's Core Brief for further details.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Shona Mackinnon 🍁Ali P🍁 Elaine McL Lindsey

We are recruiting a Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 6) to work in our East Leicestershire Falls Team. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust #Falls #LPT beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Important that solutions explored by government and Royal Colleges today look to the need to prioritise recovery and rehabilitation. Moving older people out of hospital to other settings will only work with adequate therapy and rehab expertise in place. theguardian.com/society/2023/j…

We are recruiting a Band 4 Technical Instructor to work in our City Falls Team. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust #LPT #FALLS beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

‘Falls are the most common reason for an older person to be taken to A&E’ Martin Vernon focusing on the need for #FallsPrevention #GMFallsCollaborative

Revisiting falls this week!

Elizabeth Penny is one of our Valued Star Individual Award winners in June! ⭐️ Liz is a senior occupational therapist at LPT and was nominated by Tom Allison. Nominations can be made on the LPT website: leicspart.nhs.uk/about/valued-s…