ATSU to partner with city of Phoenix in falls prevention training for seniors
Posted: April 3, 2009Phoenix seniors and Mesa graduate students are benefitting from an innovative partnership between A.T. Still University (ATSU) and the city of Phoenix that has brought falls prevention education to elderly citizens in senior centers across the Valley.
Students in ATSU’s Arizona School of Health Sciences (ASHS) occupational therapy, physical therapy, audiology, and physician assistant programs have been trained as volunteer lay leaders in the “A Matter of Balance” falls prevention program, which is designed to reduce program participants’ fears of falling and increase activity levels among older adults.