January 26, 2015
Resolve to
Stay Independent for Life
Falls
prevention workshops scheduled for February
County Executive Steve Bellone and Commissioner of Health
Services Dr. James Tomarken invite mature residents to attend workshops focused
on falls prevention. The programs are intended to empower mature adults to
carry out behaviors that reduce the risks of falls and improve their quality of
life. The first workshop, a CDC model program
entitled ‘Stepping On,’ is 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. The second workshop 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’
Greenport
Tuesday, February 10, 17, 24, March 3, 10, 17, 24, 2015, 2:00 p.m.--4:00 p.m.
Peconic Landing
1500 Brecknock Road, Greenport, NY
11944
To register call Nelly Zoeller:
631-853-6472
Registration ends February 17,
2015
Shoreham
Wednesday, February
11, 18, 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2015, 10:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m.
North Shore Library
250 Route 25A, Shoreham, NY 11786
To register call Nelly Zoeller:
631-853-6472
Registration ends February 18,
2015
Riverhead
Friday, February 13, 20, 27, March 6,
13, 20, 27, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Baptist Church Riverhead
1018 Northville
Turnpike, Riverhead, NY 11901
To register call Nelly Zoeller:
631-853-6472
Registration ends February 20,
2015
Staying Independent for Life
Shoreham
Wednesday,
February 4, 2015, 10:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m.
North Shore Library
250 Route 25A, Shoreham, NY 11786
To register call Nelly Zoeller:
631-853-6472
Greenport
Thursday, February 5,
2015, 2:00 p.m.-- 4:00 p.m.
Peconic Landing
1500 Brecknock Road, Greenport, NY 11944
To register call Nelly Zoeller: 631-853-6472
Riverhead
Friday, February 6, 2015, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00
p.m.
Baptist Church Riverhead
1018 Northville Turnpike, Riverhead, NY 11901
To register call Nelly Zoeller: 631-853-6472
Smithtown
Thursday, February 19, 2015,
10:30 a.m.--12:30 p.m.
Smithtown Library
One North Country Road, Smithtown, NY 11787
To register call 631-265-2072
Programs will be rolled out in
communities throughout Suffolk County over the course of the year. For
additional 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
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