Falls Awareness Day in Wokingham
To mark National Falls Awareness Day this week (June 26), older Wokingham people were visited by an advice and information roadshow highlighting how to minimise the risk of slips, trips and falls.
Launched by Help the Aged, National Falls Awareness Day aims to raise understanding about falls and to highlight the good work that is going on in falls prevention locally.
Wokingham Borough Council and Berkshire West Primary Care Trust joined forces to highlight key messages on making falls less likely to happen.
This year’s theme, Getting Out And About, aimed to encourage vulnerable people to identify opportunities for taking part in physical activity and ways of improving strength and balance.
District nurses, dieticians and falls advisory officers hosted sessions in residential housing schemes at Cockayne Court, Finchampstead as well as Kennet Court, Woosehill to give tips about keeping mobile, healthy and independent.
Many of those taking part put their best foot forward for a seated exercise session demonstrated by Wokingham borough council’s sports development officer Glenn Goudie.
It is thought that falls represent the most frequent and serious type of accident in the over 65 age group.
“Falls pose a real risk to older people but the good news is that many accidents are preventable,” said Karen Arding from the council’s Falls Advisory Service. “We offer home visits to older Wokingham borough residents who own or rent their home, to discuss and advise on practical home safety. This can include help to install simple safety measures such as grab rails to ensure older people can go about their daily lives safely at home.”
To find out more about the homes advisory service or to request a home visit, telephone (0118) 974 6829 / 6835.
Launched by Help the Aged, National Falls Awareness Day aims to raise understanding about falls and to highlight the good work that is going on in falls prevention locally.
Wokingham Borough Council and Berkshire West Primary Care Trust joined forces to highlight key messages on making falls less likely to happen.
This year’s theme, Getting Out And About, aimed to encourage vulnerable people to identify opportunities for taking part in physical activity and ways of improving strength and balance.
District nurses, dieticians and falls advisory officers hosted sessions in residential housing schemes at Cockayne Court, Finchampstead as well as Kennet Court, Woosehill to give tips about keeping mobile, healthy and independent.
Many of those taking part put their best foot forward for a seated exercise session demonstrated by Wokingham borough council’s sports development officer Glenn Goudie.
It is thought that falls represent the most frequent and serious type of accident in the over 65 age group.
“Falls pose a real risk to older people but the good news is that many accidents are preventable,” said Karen Arding from the council’s Falls Advisory Service. “We offer home visits to older Wokingham borough residents who own or rent their home, to discuss and advise on practical home safety. This can include help to install simple safety measures such as grab rails to ensure older people can go about their daily lives safely at home.”
To find out more about the homes advisory service or to request a home visit, telephone (0118) 974 6829 / 6835.
Wokingham Borough Council
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