Falls prevention amongst older people: increased reach and further impact of interventions, uptake and adherence

  • Todd, Christopher (Participant)
  • Dawn Skelton (Participant)
  • Malcolm Campbell (Participant)

Impact: Health and wellbeing, Attitudes and behaviours, Awareness and understanding, Economic, Policy

Narrative

Falls are a common, costly, and often catastrophic, age-related health problem. Our research at the University of Manchester (UoM), reported in REF2014, reduced the burden of falls in the UK and worldwide. Since REF2014 additional impact includes:
 •Falls Management Exercises (FaME) programme is included in Public Health England (PHE), NICE, and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) guidance.
•PHE estimate FaME provides a societal return on investment of £2.28 for every £1.00 spent.•In the UK >1,100 newly trained FaME instructors are delivering interventions. 
•In 2019 an estimated 172,000 UK older people did FaME exercises. •Since 2013, up to 424,554 falls and up to 21,000 fractures have been prevented in the UK. 
•FaME has been implemented as part of an exergame (fitness video game) for digital delivery.
 •>260,000 booklets which include FaME exercises have been distributed during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, recognised as best practice by WHO.
Impact dateAug 2013 → Dec 2020
Category of impactHealth and wellbeing, Attitudes and behaviours, Awareness and understanding, Economic, Policy
Impact levelAdoption

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing

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