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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

 

Sag Harbor

             Friday,  April 01, 2016  10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

 John Jermain Memorial Library

 34 West Water Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963

 To register call 631-725-0049

Amagansett

              Friday,  April 08, 2016  1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

 Amagansett  Library

 215 Main St.  Amagansett,  NY 11930

 To register call Cynthia Young at  631-267-3810

 

 

 

 

 

Central Islip       

Thursday,  April 07, 2016  10a.m.-12 p.m.

                        Central Islip - Hauppauge Ambulance Headquarters

4 Pineville Rd, Central Islip, NY 11722

To register call Southside Hospital - Timothy Dackow  631-894-5204

 

 

 

 

‘Stepping On’

 

Bellport      

Workshop Dates and times:

             April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4,11,18, 2016  10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

                        Bellport Boys and Girls Club

471 Atlantic Ave.  Bellport, NY 11713

To register call: Mary Ann Sagritalo 631-687-4188

 

Central Islip       

Workshop Dates and times:

                       April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 2016   10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

                        Hauppauge Ambulance Headquarters- Central Islip

4 Pineville Rd, Central Islip, NY 11722

To register call Timothy Dackow  631-894-5204

 

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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