Resources

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• Balance and Falls Continuing Education Courses

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  Information for fall prevention interventions and guidelines for fall prevention program planning, development, implementation, and evaluation.

• Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries (STEADI)
  The STEADI initiative was created for healthcare providers who treat older adults who are at risk of falling, or who may have fallen in the past.

• Preventing Falls; What Works: A CDC Compendium of Effective Community-based Fall Prevention Interventions from Around the World
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed the Compendium of Effective Community-based Interventions to help public health practitioners effectively address the problem of falls. This Compendium includes specific interventions that have rigorous scientific evidence of effectiveness and provides relevant information about these interventions to public health practitioners, senior service providers, and others who wish to implement fall prevention programs.

• Preventing Falls: How to Develop Community-based Fall Prevention Programs
  CDC developed this guide for communities and CBOs, so they can begin developing effective fall prevention programs. The main purpose of this guide is to: define the key elements of what makes fall prevention programs effective [and to] provide information to communities and CBOs on how to develop effective older adult fall prevention programs.

• National Institute on Aging
  NIA, one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of NIH, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. In 1974, Congress granted authority to form NIA to provide leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people. NIA?s mission is to improve the health and well-being of older Americans through research. 

• Administration on Aging 
  This website is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of a wide variety of topics, programs and services related to aging. Whether you are an older individual, a caregiver, a community service provider, a researcher, or a student, you will find valuable information provided in a user-friendly way. 

• 2015 Falls Free National Falls Prevention Action Plan 
  The National Council on the Aging (NCOA) 2015 Falls Free National Action Plan is a blueprint to reduce the growing number of falls and fall-related injuries among older adults, building on the original plan released in 2005. It is a product of recommendations and strategies collected during the Falls Prevention Summit a White House Conference on Aging event.