Page 51 - Preventing Falls: How to Develop Community-based Fall Prevention Programs for Older Adults

SuSTAINING YOur FALL PrEvENTION PrOGrAM
• Foundation grants and philanthropy
• Health care organizations, Accountable
Care Organizations, Patient Centered
Medical Homes, Health Maintenance
Organizations
• Not-for-Profit Community Hospitals
• Employers
• Bequest Marketing
• Parks and Recreation
• Senior housing
• In-kind contributions
• Older Americans Act funding.
Demonstrate benefits
Use your program evaluation results to
promote sustainability. Demonstrate the
value of your program. Share your evaluation
results with your target audience, the
community, your partners, your current and
potential funding sources, and stakeholders.
Study your program goals and evaluation
results to identify areas for improvement
or change that might make your program
more sustainable.
Delivery infrastructure
A robust delivery system is essential to
supporting long-term sustainability and
ensures that fall prevention programs will
be delivered on an ongoing basis. One
approach is to integrate fall prevention into
existing programs that are already part of
the state and local health and aging services
support systems.
A strong delivery system includes
organizational factors necessary to lead
sustainability efforts, such as leadership and
project management skills.
It also includes:
• Workforce capacity
• Information/data systems
• Accessible workshop space
• An adequate number of well-trained
lay leaders.
A well-coordinated and integrated service
and delivery system creates a pipeline for
participant referrals and referral sources,
such as health care organizations, community
health clinics, Medicaid and Aging and
Disability Resources Centers (ADRCs).
State Medicaid agencies should be integrated
into state fall prevention program delivery
systems as a referral and/or funding source.
Strategies for achieving
financial sustainability
• Engage in financial planning early
• Diversify sources of funding support
• Engage community leaders
• Activate program champions
• Develop a convincing case for the
program and its potential for a positive
return on investment
• Explore the potential to incorporate
programming within existing budgets
• Use strategies to manage or lower costs
of the programming
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