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

 

Commissioner of Health Services, Dr. James Tomarken invites 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.

 

Between 2010 and 2015 these programs collectively reached over 2,800 senior citizens to teach them about how to prevent falls in the home and live independently.

 

These programs are 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:

 

 “Stepping On’



Greenlawn

Harborfield Public Library

31 Broadway

Greenlawn, NY 11740

Workshop Dates and Times:

November 9,16,23,30,  2016

December 7,14,21, 2016

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

To register call: Spangle Center at 631-757-4200.

 

Staying Independent for Life

 

Port Jefferson

             Friday, October 28, 2016 from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

 Woodhaven Nursing Home

 1360 Route 112 Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776

 To register call Michael at 631-664-4817

Bellport

             Friday, November 18, 2016 from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

 South Country Library

 22 Station Road Bellport, NY 11713

 To register call 631-286-0818

Bridgehampton

             Monday, November 21 2016 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

 Bridgehampton Library

 2478 Main Street Bridgehampton, NY 11932

 To register call 631-537-0015

Central Islip

             Monday, November 28, 2016  10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

 Central Islip Ambulance

 4 Pineville Road  Central Islip, NY 11722

 To register call Lorraine at 631-582-4414

Shelter Island

             Wednesday, November 30, 2016  10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

 Shelter Island  Library

 37 North Ferry Road Shelter Island, NY 11964

 To register call 631-749-0042

 

 

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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