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Occupational Therapy

University of North Dakota

2009

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Falls Prevention Program For Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Brittanie Field, Krista Radi Jan 2009

Falls Prevention Program For Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Brittanie Field, Krista Radi

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The purpose of this scholarly project was to develop a multidisciplinary falls prevention program manual intended to be implemented in Senior Citizen Centers (SCC) for the community-dwelling older adult population. Falls have a major impact on the independence of the older adult population aged 65 years and older (Stevens & Sogolow, 2008). Therefore, the goal of this project is to promote healthy aging in place through the use of meaningful occupations in order to potentially reduce the number of falls among the older adults.

A literature review was conducted to obtain scientific reading and research to find what has and …