AGILE: Chartered Physiotherapists working with Older People is a specialist professional network dedicated to physiotherapists who work with older adults across a wide range of healthcare settings. This includes acute hospital care, community rehabilitation, care homes, and intermediate care services. The organisation focuses on promoting high-quality, person-centred physiotherapy for older people, particularly those with complex needs, frailty, or multiple long-term conditions.

AGILE supports clinicians in developing expertise in the assessment and management of age-related conditions such as falls, reduced mobility, frailty syndromes, stroke rehabilitation, Parkinson’s disease, and orthopaedic recovery in older populations. A key emphasis is on maintaining independence, improving functional ability, and enhancing quality of life through evidence-based rehabilitation.

The organisation provides a strong focus on education and professional development, offering study days, conferences, and specialist training resources tailored to geriatric physiotherapy. These opportunities help clinicians stay up to date with best practice in areas such as falls prevention, discharge planning, rehabilitation, and holistic care of older adults.

AGILE also promotes research and the sharing of clinical knowledge to improve standards of care across services. It encourages collaboration between physiotherapists and wider multidisciplinary teams, recognising the importance of integrated care for older people with complex health and social needs.

In addition, AGILE offers a supportive professional network where physiotherapists can share experience, discuss clinical challenges, and access peer support from others working in similar roles across the UK.

Overall, AGILE plays a key role in advancing physiotherapy for older people by combining education, research, and professional collaboration to improve outcomes and support healthy ageing.