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Wisconsin Injury Prevention Program Information for Community Providers

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Community providers offer valuable resources to older adults who are at risk of or have already suffered a fall. The following links provide information on the problem of older adult falls, how to make living environments safer, and how to implement fall prevention programs in your community.

For contact information for your local aging office: 
http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/aging/contacts/coagof.htm 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Preventing Falls: How to Develop Community-based Fall Prevention Programs for Older Adults www.cdc.gov/ncipc/preventingfalls/
• Help Seniors Live Better, Longer: Prevent Brain Injury http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/seniors.html
• Falls in Nursing Homes 
  www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/nursing.htm
• Hip Fractures Among Older Adults 
  www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/adulthipfx.htm 

National Council on Aging

• Falls Prevention 
  www.healthyagingprograms.com/content.asp?sectionid=113 

Active Independent Aging

• A Community Guide for Falls Prevention and Active Living 
  www.falls-chutes.com/guide/english/intro/index.html 

StopFalls.org

• Information for Service Providers 
  www.stopfalls.org/service_providers/sp_mm.shtml 

American Physical Therapy Association

• www.apta.org 

American Occupational Therapy Association

• www.aota.org 

Last Updated: February 16, 2012