MONROE - The Stepping On workshop, a fall prevention workshop, will be offered beginning Aug. 19 in the second-floor community room at Wisconsin Bank and Trust.
Stepping On teaches older adults, who live in their own homes or apartments and do not rely on a walker, scooter or wheelchair indoors most of the time, what they can do to reduce their risk of falling.
Stepping On workshops are delivered in seven 2-hour weekly sessions, held from 1 to 3 p.m. They are taught by two certified leaders; either one or both are health care or aging network professionals, and another is a peer leader who has already taken the workshop.
During the seven-week session, participants receive support from trained leaders and other workshop participants, learn strength and balance exercises, the impact of medications on falls, vision, safe footwear, home modifications, and community safety.
Stepping On was created at the University of Sydney and was brought to the United States and Americanized by a University of Wisconsin geriatric physician and falls expert. It is supported by the Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging.
For information on workshops or to register, contact Stephanie Hafez, wellness and prevention specialist with the Aging and Disability Resource Center, at 608-328-9499.
Stepping On teaches older adults, who live in their own homes or apartments and do not rely on a walker, scooter or wheelchair indoors most of the time, what they can do to reduce their risk of falling.
Stepping On workshops are delivered in seven 2-hour weekly sessions, held from 1 to 3 p.m. They are taught by two certified leaders; either one or both are health care or aging network professionals, and another is a peer leader who has already taken the workshop.
During the seven-week session, participants receive support from trained leaders and other workshop participants, learn strength and balance exercises, the impact of medications on falls, vision, safe footwear, home modifications, and community safety.
Stepping On was created at the University of Sydney and was brought to the United States and Americanized by a University of Wisconsin geriatric physician and falls expert. It is supported by the Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging.
For information on workshops or to register, contact Stephanie Hafez, wellness and prevention specialist with the Aging and Disability Resource Center, at 608-328-9499.
