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Falls Prevention Awareness Toolkit
A Comprehensive Guide to Professional & Community Engagement, 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents
- Introduction to the Toolkit
- Acknowledgements
- Role of Healthcare Providers in Fall Prevention
- Alternative Event Suggestions to Celebrate National Fall Prevention Awareness Day
- Suggested Resources
- Physical Therapist/Physical Therapist Assistant Volunteer Recruitment
- Interdisciplinary Recruitment Letters
- Sponsorship
- Workflow/Instructions for Your Event
- Liability
Additional Referenced Files
- Formal Presentation Materials
- Certificates of Participation
- Fall Risk Recommendations
- CDC STEADI Algorithm for Fall Risk Assessments and Interventions
- CDC STEADI Preventing Falls in Older Adults. Provider Pocket Guide
- CDC STEADI Falls Risk Screening
- CDC STEADI Fact Sheets for Providers
- CDC STEADI Medication Management
- CDC STEADI Patient Encounters & Case Studies
- CDC STEADI Fall Forms
- CDC STEADI Patient Handouts
- Brochure – Check for Safety, A Home Fall Prevention Checklist for Older
- Brochure – What You Can Do to Prevent Falls
- Brochure – Family Caregivers, Protect Your Loved Ones From Falling
- Brochure – Postural Hypotension, What it is & How to Manage it
- Handout – Chair Rise Exercise
- Fact Sheet – Stay Independent: Prevent Falls
- Fact Sheet – Older Adult Falls: A Growing Danger
- CDC STEADI Community Fall Prevention
- CDC MyMobility Plan
- Handouts from APTA Geriatrics/National Senior Games
- Cognitive Screen
- Depression Screen