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Upcoming Falls Prevention Workshops

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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