2015 Falls Prevention Outreach registration open
Posted: December 15, 2014
A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) Aging Studies program is now accepting participants to its annual Still Standing Falls Prevention Outreach program. The eight-week courses are scheduled to start January 2015.
Free of charge and open to the public, this is a community health education program aimed at helping older adults prevent falls and to address their fear of falling. Students from a variety of ATSU healthcare disciplines will be reaching out to approximately 20 sites Valley-wide.
Classes locations and start dates vary and may be viewed by visiting: www.atsu.edu/fallprevention. Interested participants should call the site location to register.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries among older adults. It is without doubt that falls in the elder population are a pressing public health concern in our community. According to the Arizona Department of Heath Services, Arizona continues to have one of the highest fatal fall injury rates in the country for both men and women.