All Outputs (2)

Transitions from healthcare to self-care: a qualitative study of falls service practitioners' views on self-management (2020)
Journal Article
Killingback, C., Thompson, M. A., Chipperfield, S., Clark, C., & Williams, J. (2022). Transitions from healthcare to self-care: a qualitative study of falls service practitioners' views on self-management. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(12), 2683-2690. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2020.1849423

Purpose
The aim of this study was to understand the views of falls service practitioners regarding: their role in supporting self-management of falls prevention; and a transition pathway from National Health Service (NHS) exercise-based falls interv... Read More about Transitions from healthcare to self-care: a qualitative study of falls service practitioners' views on self-management.

Ballroom Dancing for Community-dwelling Older Adults: A 12-month Study of the Effect on Well-being, Balance and Falls Risk (2020)
Journal Article
Chipperfield, S. R., & Stephenson, J. (2022). Ballroom Dancing for Community-dwelling Older Adults: A 12-month Study of the Effect on Well-being, Balance and Falls Risk. Activities, Adaptation and Aging, 46(2), 124-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2020.1797437

Physical activities that involve muscle strengthening, balance and coordination skills such as ballroom dancing are encouraged for older adults to assist with the maintenance of functional autonomy and prevention of falls. Twenty-three community-dwel... Read More about Ballroom Dancing for Community-dwelling Older Adults: A 12-month Study of the Effect on Well-being, Balance and Falls Risk.