🚨 Bridging the gap between strengthspan and lifespan 💪

NEW #BJSMEditorial 📄

1️⃣ Start strong - childhood 📈
2️⃣ Be strong - adulthood 🏋️‍♂️
3️⃣ Stay strong - old age ✅

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Our next FREE webinar with Learning Disability Today is all about exploring attachment theory and practices to provide better emotional support for people with intellectual disabilities affected by trauma.
Learn more bit.ly/3JMIMma

Do you know that ALISS can help with #SelfManagement ?

ALISS is an online resource that helps connect you to your community and allows you to search for services, groups and activities for health and wellbeing, simply by entering a postcode or place name.

ALISS

📢Now out: development & implementation of the INCLUDE Impaired Capacity to Consent Framework - a tool to help researchers design trials involving this under-served group. a huge thank you to all those involved!
Paper: trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
Framework: capacityconsentresearch.com/include-impair…

Physiotherapists need to refer people into community based exercise programmes bit.ly/4aBX3NE why? self-selection favours self efficacy -those that need it most don't attend; help scale up #ebp programmes; build 2 way referral. agile.csp.org.uk/content/referr… AGILE Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

The good news is that we can all improve our levels of happiness with daily practice:

1. Move your body
2. Prioritise connection
3. Practice gratitude
4. Spending time with pets helps too.

theconversation.com/four-habits-of…

Nice poster with some data fallacies to be aware of:
Cherry picking
Sampling bias
Hawthorne effect and more.
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Looking for family carers of young people (ages 16-25) with learning disabilities to complete a survey about experiences of uncertainty & carer wellbeing. Important research as more support is needed for family carers!! Pls Share! Thank you! Survey link: nclpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7O…

The ALLIANCE is delighted to open registration for our hybrid annual conference ‘Our Voice, Our Rights, Our Future’

The conference, 1 May at Radisson Blu Glasgow, offers a platform to discuss issues in health and social care in Scotland. #ALLIANCEConf24

alliance-scotland.org.uk/alliance-annua…

Have your say.

The Scottish Government want to know your thoughts on their new Learning Disabilities, Autism, and Neurodivergence Bill.

Register for our event to learn how to respond to the consultation here: alliance-scotland.org.uk/blog/events/ha…

Not putting in place reasonable adjustment IS discrimination

Just sayin’.

The Scottish Government has a plan for a new law they think will make life better for people with learning disabilities, called the Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill (LDAN). The Scottish Government wants to hear what disabled people think in a consultation.

Just booked a ticket for this special lecture in Glasgow on 27 Feb at 5pm. Alex has contributed immensely to stroke rehab knowledge and has inspired many people. Proud to have been her first PhD student SSAHP Forum RCOT Neuro Practice SSNF AHP Practice Education, NHS Lothian

eventbrite.co.uk/e/professorial…

Do you have #multiplesclerosis live within travelling distance of Glasgow and aged 20-35 or 45-60? If so we would love if you would take part in our study on ageing with #MS . The study involves testing your walking and strength and involves one visit to Glasgow Caledonian Uni 👏

🚨Promoting physical activity for older people: a toolkit for action iris.who.int/bitstream/hand… via World Health Organization (WHO)
British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) WeAHPs 💙 WeNurses 💙 UoN Physiotherapy Roger Kerry VANGUARD_EU George Metsios, PhD
World Health Organization (WHO)_Europe Alexis Lion, PhD
October 2023

Self-directed support: 10 years on
Tomorrow is the deadline for views on how effectively Scotland’s self-directed support act has been implemented.

Read here👇
Donald Macaskill Poverty Alliance Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Voluntary Health Scotland Carers Scotland Richard Meade Maree Todd
healthandcare.scot/stories/3634/s…

Systematic review authors. See our free, evidence-based, co-produced learning resources for involving consumers and other stakeholders in #EvidenceSynthesis training.cochrane.org/involving-peop…

We asked friends who draw on social care 'If the right support were available, what would you love to do with your life?' Here's what they told us 👇

If you draw on social care, tell us what you'd love to do in life, using #IWouldLoveTo Read more: socialcarefuture.org.uk/noticeboard/iw…

100 tiny changes to transform your life: from the one-minute rule to pyjama yoga

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…