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:
‘Stepping On’
Commack
Monday October 19, 26; November 2, 9, 23, 30,
December 7, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Gurwin Assisted
Living
50 Hauppauge Rd
Commack, NY 11725
To register call
Nelly Zoeller: 631-853-6472
Registration ends October 26, 2015
Huntington
Wednesday, October 21, 28; November 4, 18, 25, December 2, 9, 2015 10:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.
Huntington Library
338 Main St.
Huntington, NY 11743
To register call
Nelly Zoeller: 631-853-6472
Registration ends October 28, 2015
Staying Independent for Life
Huntington
Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 10:00 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
Huntington Library
338 Main St. Huntington NY 11743
To register call 631-427-5165
Holbrook
Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00
p.m.
Sachem Public Library
150 Holbrook Rd. Holbrook, NY 11741
To register call 631-588-5024
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
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