Standing Strong, Moving Forward:
Falls prevention strategies for older adults

Workshop Wrap-up: Health and aging professionals get full primer on fall prevention

More than 100 people who work with older adults attended our “Standing Strong, Moving Forward” workshop Oct. 24 to learn about evidence-based programs and strategies for preventing falls.

HAP would like to extend a huge THANK-YOU to all of our expert speakers and hard working volunteers for a successful and very informative day.

We’d also like to thank all of those professionals who took time out of their busy schedules to immerse themselves in a costly and complicated problem that affects us all.

For those of you who couldn’t attend, we’re posting PowerPoint slides and/or handouts from the presentations. Just click on the links below:

• Keynote: Fall prevention in community living older adults
• Panel: Local fall prevention programs: Successes, Barriers and Opportunities
  • Northwest Hospital
  • Matter of Balance
  • King County Emergency Medical Services
  • Overlake Hospital
  • Evergreen Home and Community Services
  • Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
  • Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted
• Fall risk assessment and management
• Home and environmental safety
  • Home and environmental safety resources
• Physical activity and falls prevention for culturally diverse groups