North Carolina’s annual Falls Prevention Awareness Week (FPAW) September 24-29 raises awareness about how to prevent fall-related injuries among older adults. National, state, and local partners collaborate to educate others about the impact of falls, share fall prevention strategies, and advocate for the expansion of evidence-based community fall prevention programs. National and state efforts are published in National Council on Aging’s annual Impact Report.
Please complete the 2018 Falls Prevention Awareness Events Survey (opens in new tab) about your Falls Prevention Awareness, Day, Week, or Month activities. Events will be posted on HealthyAgingNC.com this month. You can find updated events (as we receive them) every week in the programs tab through September 28, 2018.
If you create any shareable media, or have FPAW news to share, please send them to HealthyAgingNCinfo@gmail.com by Sept 17 so we can post them to the News feature of our website. If you haven’t planned any Falls Prevention Awareness Day activities, fear not! You can check out North Carolina’s webinar on Falls Prevention Awareness Week resources here: Webinar.
We look forward to celebrating North Carolina’s Falls Prevention Awareness Week with you!