Have you considered turning your fall prevention continued education into something more meaningful and impactful? After 30+ years of taking course after course with little to no effect, I have! Here are some courses I have taken, or that are on my list to take, for fall prevention and home safety. They have made a huge impact on my senior care education and treatment!
CHAMP offers multi disciplinary training for specialization, and even an inexpensive CEUs in specific fall programs. There is also a Home Modification training/ specialization series which is on my “to-do” list!
Clinicians: the most impactful fall prevention course I have taken is the Fall Prevention Specialist Certification at Pesi. (affiliate link) Click this link for a discounted rate! You can renew your certification annually for a low cost, if you demonstrate continued annual education in fall prevention. The Fall Prevention Specialist Certification has been respected by my coworkers, patients and families. I am frequently referring to the information I learned to help my clients stay safe. I chose to be an affiliate for Pesi because this course was so helpful to me.
Here is a freebie exercise log printable to help with fall prevention!
Being passionate about fall prevention, I have spent many hours creating senior focussed printables to help reduce falls and improve client followthrough. Check out this Nurse/Therapist Fall prevention education and and balance exercise packet, as well as a Fall Prevention Month Inservice and Game Packet on ETSY! My hope is to make hard working clinician’s and caregiver’s jobs less stressful and more impactful 🙂
For seniors or family caregivers: here is a link to the National Council On Aging with a map of evidence based fall prevention programs around America.
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Fall prevention is such an important thing. My mother fell several times as her dementia worsened. She broke ribs once. Then she broke one hip on one occasion and the other another time. All because she didn’t have appropriate fall prevention. The surgeries and rehab contributed to her overall decline. Her dementia would have continued to worsen no matter what, but her physical condition got progressively worse over time and all because she continued to fall with no plans in place to prevent injury.
wow. I am so sorry. I am hoping this blog can help people find resources to help with that.