Outputs (6)

Factors influencing fall prevention programmes: The challenge of implementing and spreading the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme in a complex landscape (2025)
Journal Article
Ventre, J., Manning, F., Mahmoud, A., Orton, E., Timmons, S., & Hawley-Hague, H. (2025). Factors influencing fall prevention programmes: The challenge of implementing and spreading the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme in a complex landscape. Age and Ageing, 54(4), Article afaf083. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf083

Background: The occurrence of falls in adults 65+ years remains a common and costly issue worldwide. There is current evidence to suggest that falls can be prevented using evidence-based strength and balance interventions, such as the 6 month Falls M... Read More about Factors influencing fall prevention programmes: The challenge of implementing and spreading the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme in a complex landscape.

Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives (2024)
Journal Article
Tucker, R., Vickers, R., Adams, E. J., Burgon, C., Lock, J., Goldberg, S. E., Gladman, J., Masud, T., Orton, E., Timmons, S., & Harwood, R. H. (2024). Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives. Archives of Public Health, 82(1), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01283-8

Background
Despite several interventions demonstrating benefit to people living with dementia and their caregivers, few have been translated and implemented in routine clinical practice. There is limited evidence of the barriers and facilitators for... Read More about Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives.

Implementation of the PrAISED (Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia) intervention in practice: a mixed methods study (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Adams, E. J., Burgon, C., Lock, J., Smith, H., Vickers, R., Tucker, R., Timmons, S., Orton, E., Goldberg, S. E., Gladman, J., Masud, T., & Harwood, R. H. (in press). Implementation of the PrAISED (Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia) intervention in practice: a mixed methods study

There is a paucity of evidence relating to the implementation of dementia care. The Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) intervention is a newly developed 12-month, home-based, individually tailored rehabilitatio... Read More about Implementation of the PrAISED (Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia) intervention in practice: a mixed methods study.

‘It is designed for everybody to find their own level and to improve themselves’; views of older people and instructors of the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme (2022)
Journal Article
Gumber, L., Timmons, S., Coupland, C., Gladman, J., Lliffe, S., Kendrick, D., Lafond, N., Logan, P., Masud, T., Skelton, D., Timblin, C., & Orton, E. (2022). ‘It is designed for everybody to find their own level and to improve themselves’; views of older people and instructors of the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme. Age and Ageing, 51(2), Article afac023. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac023

Background: Older adults are at increased risk of falls due to ageing, decreased muscle strength and impaired balance. Clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy and effectiveness of the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme in improving fun... Read More about ‘It is designed for everybody to find their own level and to improve themselves’; views of older people and instructors of the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme.

Implementation fidelity of the Falls Management Exercise Programme: a mixed methods analysis using a conceptual framework for implementation fidelity (2021)
Journal Article
Orton, E., Lafond, N., Skelton, D. A., Coupland, C., Gladman, J. R., Iliffe, S., Logan, P. A., Masud, T., Timblin, C., Timmons, S., & Kendrick, D. (2021). Implementation fidelity of the Falls Management Exercise Programme: a mixed methods analysis using a conceptual framework for implementation fidelity. Public Health, 197, 11-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.05.038

Objectives: Falls in older adults cause significant morbidity and mortality and incur cost to health and care services. The Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme is a 24-week intervention for older adults that, in clinical trials, improves balan... Read More about Implementation fidelity of the Falls Management Exercise Programme: a mixed methods analysis using a conceptual framework for implementation fidelity.

PHysical activity Implementation Study In Community-dwelling AduLts (PHISICAL): study protocol (2018)
Journal Article
Carpenter, H., Audsley, S., Coupland, C., Gladman, J. R., Kendrick, D., Lafond, N., Logan, P., Skelton, D. A., Timblin, C., Timmons, S., Ward, D., & Orton, E. (in press). PHysical activity Implementation Study In Community-dwelling AduLts (PHISICAL): study protocol. Injury Prevention, https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042627

Background: Falls in older people are a leading causes of unintentional injury. Due to an ageing population, injuries are likely to increase unless more is done to reduce older people’s falls risk. In clinical trials, the Falls Management Exercise (F... Read More about PHysical activity Implementation Study In Community-dwelling AduLts (PHISICAL): study protocol.