Stand Up to FallingMajor Program

444

Total Hours

Contributed.

1494

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

0

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

28

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of participants who improved fall prevention knowledge and skills to help reduce the risk of falling

1287

Number of participants reporting intent to implement one or more strategies to reduce the risk of falling (such as protecting vision, reviewing medications, increase physical activity, necessary home modifications)

603

Number of participants who took action to protect their vision to reduce the risk of falling

336

Number of participants who took action to reduce their risk of falling at home through home modification

363

Number of participants who reviewed their medications with a health care professional to reduce the risk of falling

552

Number of participants who increased physical activity to reduce the risk of falling

617

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Matter of Balance

    One-third of adults ages 65 years and older fall each year (Hornbrook 1994; Hausdorff, 2001). Between 2001 and 2005, there were 5,689 seniors (age 65+) in Kentucky who were hospitalized with a princip... Read More

  • Fall Awareness and Prevention Programs Show Success

    Falls are painful, common, and costly. But proven community-based fall prevention programs demonstrate positive change in both knowledge and behavior (National Council on Aging, 2016). Fall prevention... Read More

  • Aging Seniors

    Jefferson County presented Stand Up to Falling to 35 participants. After the program, 30 increased their knowledge to reduce the risk of falling; and 25 increased their knowledge regarding how to safe... Read More

  • Stand Up To Falling

    Kentuckys current population of seniors (65+) is 13.3%. In 2012, according to the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, over 7,000 adults 65 years of age or older were hospitalized and appro... Read More

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