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Falls Prevention Classes Offer Mature Residents a Greater Chance to Stay Independent for Life

County Executive Steve Bellone and Commissioner of Health Services Dr. James Tomarken invite mature residents to attend the county’s national award-winning program focused on falls prevention. The program is intended to empower mature adults to carry out behaviors that reduce the risks of falls and improve their quality of life.

‘Stepping On’,  a CDC model program, comprises a seven-week course that focuses on balance and strength, home and community safety, vision, safe footwear and medication review. The program has proven to reduce the number of falls for participants by 31 percent. A second option entitled “Staying Independent for Life” covers much of the information that is provided in the ‘Stepping On’ program in a condensed two-hour session. The programs will be offered as follows:

Staying Independent for Life

Sayville

Tuesday,  August 30, 2016, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Sayville Library

88 Greene Ave.

Sayville, NY 11782

To register call:  631-589-4440

   

North Babylon

Thursday,  September 01, 2016, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Spangle Senior Center

North Babylon, NY 11703

To register call 631-422-7610

 

Center Moriches

Thursday,  September 08, 2016, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Center Moriches Library

235 Main St.

Center Moriches, NY 11934

To register call: 631-878-0940

                            

Copiague

Friday,  September 09, 2016, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Copiague Memorial Library

50 Deauville Blvd., Copiague, NY 11726                             

To register call: 631-691-1111

‘Stepping On’

Sayville

Workshop dates and times:

September 6, 13, 20, 27; October 4, 11, 18, 2016, 12:00 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Sayville Library

88 Greene Ave., Sayville, NY 11782

To register call Tim Dakow: 631-894-5204

North Babylon

Workshop dates and times:

Thursday,  September 15, 22, 29; October 6, 12, 20, 27, 2016, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Spangle Senior Center

438 Spangle Dr., North Babylon, NY 11703

To register call Spangle Senior Center 631-422-7610

 

Additional programs will be rolled out in communities throughout Suffolk County over the course of the year. For more information about Suffolk County Falls Prevention Programs, call the Suffolk County Department of Health Services at 631-853-6492 or visit: www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/HealthServices/PreventiveMedicine/PublicHealthNursing

Watch this video to learn more about what your peers are doing at Suffolk County’s falls-prevention programs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxsoHmjJvN8&feature=youtu.be

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