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Falls Prevention Month 2024

In conjunction with Parachute and Stay On Your Feet ®© (State of Western Australia), this year’s Falls Prevention Month will focus on three major themes: Move, Improve, and Remove.

Keep reading for information and resources on how to Move your body, Improve your health, and Remove hazards from your home to prevent falls!

FALLS RISK SELF-ASSESSMENT QUIZ

Are you at risk of falling? Take our interactive online Risk Self-Assessment Quiz to find out.

FINDING BALANCE RESOURCE CATALOGUE

Visit our resources catalogue for all of our materials available for both download and to order.

INJURY PREVENTION CENTRE (IPC)

Finding Balance is developed by the Injury Prevention Centre. Find out more about the Centre.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DISCLAIMER

Please review our disclaimer before implementing any of the activities or exercises outlined in our resources.

MOVE Your Body

  • Challenge your balance and build strength and flexibility with regular physical activity.
  • Enhance your stability and coordination with activities such as walking, swimming, or Tai Chi.
  •  Increase the intensity of your physical activity over time to build stronger muscles.

Steps to Prevent a Fall

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Webinar

Title: Not Falling For You: Developing and Implementing a Community-Based Volunteer Peer-Led Falls Prevention Initiative
Date: November 7, 2023
Time: 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Resources

Videos

  1. Be Active
  2. Everyday Exercises - featuring Seanna Collins

IMPROVE Your Health

  • Review medications regularly with your healthcare provider or pharmacist, and discuss any side effects such as feeling dizzy or sleepy. 
  • Have your eye health and hearing checked regularly.
  •  Keep up your social activities.
  •  Routinely clean your teeth and gums.
  • Eat a nutritious diet and stay hydrated.

Steps to Prevent a Fall

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Webinar

Title: Malnutrition and Falls: A Community Approach to Prevention.
Date: November 21, 2023
Time: 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Resources

Videos

  1. Vision
  2. Medication

REMOVE Hazards

  • Keep your floors and pathways clutter-free. 
  • Install grab bars in the bathroom. 
  • Use handrails, and turn on lights on all staircases. 
  • Wear non-slip and supportive footwear inside and outside.

Steps to Prevent a Fall

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Resources

Videos

  1. Fall & Winter Walking
  2. How to Get Up

 

Finding Balance is a seniors' falls prevention initiative developed by the Injury Prevention Centre at the University of Alberta.

Funding for the Centre is provided, in whole or in part, by Alberta Health. Provisions of funding by Alberta Health does not signify that this project represents the policies or views of Alberta Health.

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