Falls Prevention Classes Offer Mature Residents a Greater Chance to Stay Independent for Life

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:

‘Stepping On’

Commack

Monday  October 19, 26; November 2, 9, 23, 30, December 7, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Gurwin Assisted Living

50 Hauppauge Rd Commack, NY 11725

To register call Nelly Zoeller: 631-853-6472

Registration ends October 26, 2015

Huntington

Wednesday, October  21, 28; November 4, 18, 25,  December  2, 9, 2015 10:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.

Huntington Library

338 Main St. Huntington, NY 11743

To register call Nelly Zoeller: 631-853-6472

Registration ends October 28, 2015

Staying Independent for Life

 Huntington

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Huntington Library

338 Main St. Huntington  NY 11743

To register call 631-427-5165

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