OLDER ADULT FALL PREVENTION:

• CDC Fall Prevention:

  • • • • Data, brochures, and other resources for those working to reduce the incidence of older adult falls.

• STEADI – Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, & Injuries

• • • • • An initiative to reduce fall risk among older patients
        • Family Caregivers Guide

• A MATTER OF BALANCE – An Evidence-Based Program:

• • • • A Matter of Balance is an 8-week program of structured group intervention that emphasizes practical strategies to reduce fear of falling and increase activity levels. Participants learn to view falls and fear of falling as controllable, set realistic goals to increase activity, change their environment to reduce fall risk factors, and exercise to increase strength and balance.

Injury Prevention: Older Adult Falls sub-committee Chair:  Stephanie Booza, MSN, RN – Injury Prevention Coordinator, Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, Clinton Township, EMAIL Stephanie

Sub-Committee Co-Chair: Vanessa Mier, BSN, RN, HNB-BC – Injury & Violence Prevention Specialist, Ascension Providence, Southfield and Novi, EMAIL Vanessa