Older People (Falls and Mobility)
People worldwide are living longer. However, many people currently spend a significant proportion of their later life in poor health or managing a disability, which could have been prevented. These years spent in ill health are not inevitable and many of the factors that cause people to age differently can be prevented or the impact mitigated through public health interventions. This section includes information about older people and healthy ageing, including falls, mobility and access to care and services.
Useful Resources
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View resourceChief Medical Officer’s annual report 2023: health in an ageing society (GOV.UK)
Professor Chris Whitty’s annual report recommends actions to improve the quality of life for older adults and prioritise areas with the fastest growth in older people. The report focuses on issues about improving the quality of life in an adult’s later years rather than the quantity. It is aimed at policymakers (government and professional bodies), healthcare professionals, medical scientists, and the public.
Research and Reports -
View resourceProductive Healthy Ageing Profile (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities)
This Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID) profile collates national, regional and local data on a wide range of topics relevant to our health as we age.
Fingertips Profile -
View resourceHealth Ageing: applying all our health (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, 2022)
Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID) guidance as part of ‘All Our Health’, a resource which helps health professionals prevent ill health and promote health and wellbeing as part of their everyday practice.
Guidance and Best Practice -
View resourceHealth Ageing: Concensus statement (Public Health England, 2019)
This statement by Public Health England and the Centre for Ageing Better sets out our shared vision for making England the best place in the world to grow old.
Guidance and Best Practice -
View resourceOlder People – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources
All NICE products on older people. Includes any guidance, advice and quality standards.
Guidance and Best Practice -
View resourceFalls – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources
Includes all NICE resources on falls, including guidance and quality standards.
Guidance and Best Practice -
View resourceFalls: applying All Our Health (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, 2022)
Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID) guidance as part of ‘All Our Health’, a resource which helps health professionals prevent ill health and promote health and wellbeing as part of their everyday practice.
Guidance and Best Practice -
View resourceFalls and fractures: consensus statement and resources pack (Public Health England, 2017)
Outline of approaches to interventions and activities helping prevent falls and fractures to improve health outcomes for older people.
Guidance and Best Practice -
View resourceCOVID-19: wider impacts on people aged 65 and over (Pubic Health England, 2021)
An estimation of the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) on physical activity and falls in older adults and recommendations to mitigate these effects.
Data and Analysis
Currently no resources for this region
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View resourceChief Medical Officer’s annual report 2023: health in an ageing society (GOV.UK)
Professor Chris Whitty’s annual report recommends actions to improve the quality of life for older adults and prioritise areas with the fastest growth in older people. The report focuses on issues about improving the quality of life in an adult’s later years rather than the quantity. It is aimed at policymakers (government and professional bodies), healthcare professionals, medical scientists, and the public.
Research and Reports -
View resourceProductive Healthy Ageing Profile (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities)
This Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID) profile collates national, regional and local data on a wide range of topics relevant to our health as we age.
Fingertips Profile -
View resourceHealth Ageing: applying all our health (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, 2022)
Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID) guidance as part of ‘All Our Health’, a resource which helps health professionals prevent ill health and promote health and wellbeing as part of their everyday practice.
Guidance and Best Practice -
View resourceHealth Ageing: Concensus statement (Public Health England, 2019)
This statement by Public Health England and the Centre for Ageing Better sets out our shared vision for making England the best place in the world to grow old.
Guidance and Best Practice -
View resourceOlder People – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources
All NICE products on older people. Includes any guidance, advice and quality standards.
Guidance and Best Practice -
View resourceFalls – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources
Includes all NICE resources on falls, including guidance and quality standards.
Guidance and Best Practice -
View resourceFalls and fractures: consensus statement and resources pack (Public Health England, 2017)
Outline of approaches to interventions and activities helping prevent falls and fractures to improve health outcomes for older people.
Guidance and Best Practice -
View resourceCOVID-19: wider impacts on people aged 65 and over (Pubic Health England, 2021)
An estimation of the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) on physical activity and falls in older adults and recommendations to mitigate these effects.
Data and Analysis
Currently no resources for this region
Currently no resources for this region
Currently no resources for this region
Currently no resources for this region
Currently no resources for this region
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