Lanarkshire Falls Prevention

Useful Resources

• Up and about: Taking positive steps to avoid trips and falls – Publications – Public Health Scotland
  The up and about booklet is a practical guide to staying steady and independent, offering tips to reduce the risk of falls and stay active.

• Making Life Easier

Making Life Easier is an online resource offering information, professional advice and direct access to services and support

Making Life Easier is a simple visual tool designed to help an individual and/or their family to understand how to shape their progress against certain milestones.

Take a professional style assessment at your own pace and on your own terms.

Making Life Easier is tailored to the individual users, which means that the advice, services, e-marketplaces or self-help sites suggested will be available in their local area and are intended to be relevant to their requirements. It is our aim to offer a range of possible solutions so that you can pick the method that is best for you.

• ALISS – A Local Information System for Scotland

ALISS is a national digital programme enabling people and professionals to find and share information on health and wellbeing resources, services, groups, and support in their local communities and online.

ALISS can help you find information about resources like:

• • services that provide support for managing long term conditions
  • groups that support social and community connection (e.g., local choirs, book groups, befriending)
  • activities that offer opportunities for getting more active and for getting outdoors (e.g., badminton clubs, community gardens)
  • practical, legal, and financial support (e.g., money advice, advocacy services)
  • digital technology that can support health and social care (e.g., online forums, health related mobile apps).

ALISS aims to ensure that everyone in Scotland has the right information, at the right time, about resources that are available to help them live well and stay connected to their community.

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