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

Local News, Health & Wellness, Press Releases

By Published: March 19 2016

LongIsland.com

Numerous falls prevention classes have been scheduled for April and May.

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Seniors participate in a Falls Prevention class.

Photo by: Josh Wein

March 18,2016 - 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:
 
Staying Independent for Life
Sag Harbor
Friday,  April 01, 2016  10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
John Jermain Memorial Library
34 West Water Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963
To register call 631-725-0049
 
Amagansett
Friday,  April 08, 2016  1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Amagansett  Library
215 Main St.  Amagansett,  NY 11930
To register call Cynthia Young at  631-267-3810
 
Central Islip
Thursday,  April 07, 2016  10a.m.-12 p.m.
Central Islip Ambulance Company
Hauppauge Ambulance Headquarters- Central Islip
4 Pineville Rd, Central Islip, NY 11722
To register call Timothy Dackow  631-894-5204
 
‘Stepping On’
Bellport
Workshop Dates and times:
April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4,11,18, 2016  10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Bellport Boys and Girls Club
471 Atlantic Ave.  Bellport, NY 11713
To register call: Mary Ann Sagritalo 631-687-4188
 
Central Islip       
Workshop Dates and times:
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 2016   10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Hauppauge Ambulance Headquarters- Central Islip
4 Pineville Rd, Central Islip, NY 11722
To register call Timothy Dackow  631-894-5204
 
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 click here.
 
Watch this video to learn more about what your peers are doing at Suffolk County’s falls-prevention programs: