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Appendix E — Template for Developing a Sustainability Plan

A GUIDE TO IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY-BASED FALL PREVENTION PROGRAMS

Selected fall prevention American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

education web resources www.orthoinfo.aaos.org/menus/safety.cfm
Fall Prevention Center of Excellence
CDC’s fall risk self-assessment brochure,
Stay Independent, is included in Appendix A www.stopfalls.org
and is available at www.cdc.gov/STEADI National Council on Aging, Center for Healthy
Aging www.ncoa.org/improve-health/center-
CDC’s brochures for older adults, What You
Can Do to Prevent Falls and Check for Safety, for-healthy-aging
A Home Safety Checklist, are included in National Institute on Aging, AgePage:
Appendix B and are available Preventing Falls and Fractures
at www.cdc.gov/STEADI www.nia.nih.gov/sites/default/files/
falls_and_fractures_0.pdf
CDC Falls Prevention page
www.cdc.gov/STEADI National Safety Council: Prevent Falls In and
Outside of Your Home
American Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice
Guideline: Prevention of Falls in Older www.nsc.org/learn/safety-knowledge/
Persons www.americangeriatrics.org/ Pages/safety-at-home-falls.aspx
health_care_professionals/clinical_practice/
clinical_guidelines_recommendations/
prevention_of_falls_summary_of_
recommendations

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