Adding life to years: WCPT launches World Physical Therapy
Day resources and downloads
WCPT has launched the toolkit for this year's World Physical
Therapy Day, with posters, leaflets and an infographic now available.
World Physical Therapy
Day takes place on 8th September 2016, and this year WCPT is
suggesting that physical therapists around the world publicise their important
role in healthy ageing, and “adding life to years”.
This choice of message follows the WHO World Report on
Ageing And Health which says that “maintenance of functional ability has
the highest importance” for older people. WCPT has played a significant role in
the consultations which resulted in the new WHO ageing and health strategy.
By 2050 the global population will include two billion
people aged 60 or over, and 400 million aged 80 or over.
Each year, World Physical Therapy Day allows therapists to
highlight their role as experts in movement and functional mobility.
Participants are encouraged to organise events to publicise physical therapy's
contribution and cost effectiveness. WCPT is suggesting that individual
physical therapists wishing to organise events should contact their National physical therapy organisation so
that activities can be linked up.
This year's toolkit includes a guidance booklet, stickers, posters
and a t-shirt design, as well as a list of resources to support activities
including research demonstrating the role of physical therapy in promoting
independence.
For the first time WCPT has produced an infographic,
illustrating physical therapy's importance in helping older people reach their
full potential following stroke, dementia and falls.
World Physical Therapy Day allows individual therapists and
their organisations across the world to celebrate their contribution to global
health. This year's event hopes to build on the success of the event in 2015,
when the theme was “Fulfilling potential”.
Last year hundreds of events took place, ranging from Nordic
walking to international lectures and workshops. The World Physical Therapy Day
web pages were accessed more than 17,000 times, with 2,435 people using the
hashtag #worldptday on Twitter.
Individual therapists, hospital departments and
organisations are encouraged to use the toolkit and hashtag #addlifetoyears to
show that physical therapy all over the world helps keep people well, mobile
and independent.
Source: WCPT: http://www.wcpt.org/news/Word-PT-Day-2016-Jun16
World Physical Therapy Day resources can be downloaded from:
http://www.wcpt.org/wptday-posters
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