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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