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
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.
Between 2011 and
2016 these programs collectively reached over 11,000 senior citizens to teach
them about how to prevent falls in the home and live independently. The program will be offered as follows:
‘Stepping On’
Sag Harbor
Workshop dates and times:
Thursday, August 10, 17, 24, 31;
September 7, 14, 21, 2017, 10:00 a.m. – 12 p.m.
John Jermain Memorial Library
201 Main Street
Sag Harbor, NY 11963
Registration starts 7/1/17, To register call
631-725-0049
East Hampton
Workshop dates and times:
Thursday, August 17, (Monday)21, 31; September
7, 14, 21, 28, 2017, 1:00 p.m. – 3 p.m.
East Hampton Library
159 Main Street
East Hampton,
NY 11937
To register call 631-324-0222
Staying Independent for Life
Smithtown
Tuesday, August 8, 2017, from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Smithtown Library
1 North Country Road
Smithtown, NY 11787
To register call 631-360-2480
Holbrook
Tuesday, August 29,
2017, from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Sachem Public Library
150 Holbrook Road
Holbrook, NY 11741
To register call 631-588-5024
Sayville
Thursday, August 31, 2017,
from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Sayville Library
11 Collins Ave
Sayville, NY 11782
To register call 631-589-4440
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: http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/HealthServices/PreventiveMedicine/FallsPrevention.aspx
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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