preventing falls in your communityWeb Resources
Professional Information & Resources on Fall Prevention
American Society on Aging Web Cast: Reducing the Risk of Falling
www.asaging.org/webseminars
Center of Excellence for Fall Prevention
www.stopfalls.org
Center for Healthy Aging
www.healthyagingprograms.org
Home Safety Council: State of Home Safety
http://homesafetycouncil.org/state_of_home_safety/sohs_2004_p017.pdf
Minnesota Hospital Association
Safe from Falls
www.mnhospitals.org/index/tools-app/tool.362
National Center for Patient Safety Falls Toolkit
www.patientsafety.gov/SafetyTopics/fallstoolkit/index.html
National Guideline Clearinghouse
(Search under fall prevention programs)
www.guideline.gov
National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification www.homemods.org
National Safety Council Falls in the Home and Community
www.nsc.org/issues/fallstop.htm
Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare
http://www.psqh.com/mayjun06/falls.html
Role of the Physician in Promoting Fall Prevention for Older Adults
http://michigan.gov/documents/Fall_Prevention_Booklet_for_Physicians_167780_7.pdf
A Tool Kit to Prevent Senior Falls: Falls in Nursing Homes: CDC
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/nursing.htm
Coalition and Partnership Tools
Community Toolbox for Public Health Partnerships
http://ctb.ku.edu/WST/initiatives_show.jsp?initiative_id=44
Creating Healthy Communities for an Aging Population
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/orhpc/pubs/
Health care & public health partnerships
http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=iha
Partnership self-assessment tool
www.cacsh.org/psat.html
Prevention Institute Coalition Tools
www.preventioninstitute.org/tools.html