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Falls Free: A National Falls Prevention Action Plan
http://www.healthyagingprograms.org/content.asp?sectionid=98

Center for Healthy Aging Falls Free Electronic News
www.healthyagingprograms.org

National Council on Aging's Center for Healthy Aging Evidence-Based Programs, Model Programs (and toolkits), and Best Practices for Older Adults
http://www.healthyagingprograms.org/content.asp?sectionid=8

Center of Excellence for Fall Prevention
www.stopfalls.org

National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification
www.homemods.org

CDC Compendium of Effective Community-Based Interventions
Preventing Falls: What Works - A CDC Compendium of Effective Community-Based Interventions from Around the World

CDC Tool Kit to Prevent Senior Falls: Falls in Nursing Homes
http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Falls/nursing.html

CDC Falls Among Older Adults
http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Falls/adultfalls.html

Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare
http://www.psqh.com/mayjun06/falls.html

National Center for Patient Safety Falls Toolkit
www.patientsafety.gov/SafetyTopics/fallstoolkit

National Guideline Clearinghouse (Search under fall prevention programs)
www.guideline.gov

American Society on Aging Web Cast: Reducing the Risk of Falling
www.asaging.org/webseminars

National Safety Council
www.nsc.org/safety_home/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Falls/Pages/Falls.aspx

British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention Unit - Falling & Parkinson's
www.injuryresearch.bc.ca/admin/DocUpload/3_20080703_140202Stay%20on%20Your%20Feet.pdf

California Blueprint For Falls Prevention
http://www.archstone.org/publications2292/publications_show.htm?doc_id=246660

Washington State Falls Prevention web site
www.fallsfreewashington.org

WA State Dept. of Health Report - Falls Among Older Adults: Strategies for Prevention
http://www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/emstrauma/injury/pubs/FallsAmongOlderAdults.pdf

Falls brochures for older adults
CDC's ''What You Can Do To Prevent Falls'' and ''Home Safety Checklist''
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/toolkit/brochures.htm

''Getting Up From a Fall'' handout from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/category.cfm?topcategory=Injury%20Prevention

Home Safety Checklist in English, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Russian and Tagalog
www.aging.ca.gov

Ladder Safety Information Sheets
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=92&topcategory=Injury%20Prevention









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