The Safety Superheroes Program is an intergenerational fall prevention program that invites children to learn about fall prevention and home safety through fun, interactive games, reading activities and in-school presentations. Created through partnership between Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health, the Safety Superheroes Program encourages children to make their homes safer for their grandparents by teaching them […]
New research suggests that step training focused on improving balance may help reduce dangerous falls among the elderly. In reviewing their findings, researchers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney have discovered that exercises geared toward helping improve stepping skills dramatically cut the rate of falls by as much by 50%. As head researcher,
The survey is now closed. Thank you for your participation. The Seniors’ Fall Prevention Awareness Week campaign needs your help! Please take a few minutes to complete our brief survey about the 2015 campaign. As you may know, the Seniors’ Fall Prevention Awareness Week campaign was held across British Columbia and was hosted by the