NOT Falling For You – Developing and Implementing a Community-Based, Volunteer Peer- Led Falls Prevention Initiative

NOT Falling For You is a volunteer peer-led falls prevention initiative for community-dwelling older adults. Based on the latest evidence for falls prevention, this program provides primary prevention to reach adults before they require clinical services by focusing on improving balance and strength.

We will share how we:

- piloted the program

- engaged host communities

- secured grant funding for peer leader training

- launched delivery in several communities, and

- measured initial successes and learnings.

Find out how you and your communities can be supported in implementing a similar program.

Speaker Bios:

Cathy Gladwin, MSc Health Promotion, Alberta Health Services

Cathy is a Health Promotion Facilitator with Alberta Health Services. After many years at the Injury Prevention Centre, Cathy joined Alberta Health Services in 2021.

Cathy has contributed to injury prevention in several areas including policy analysis and advocacy, knowledge translation, partnership building, and program development and implementation.

Naomi Fowler, BSc Kin, MSc OT, Alberta Health Services

Naomi Fowler is an Occupational Therapist and Health Promotion Facilitator with Alberta Health Services. Prior to this position, Naomi worked for over a decade in community settings as a home care OT in Ontario, Connecticut and Alberta.

Many of the clients Naomi worked with experienced a life altering injury due to a fall or were at risk of falling. This led her to want to be involved in more upstream programming that focused on falls prevention

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