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Responding to COVID-19 with FallsTalkTM
Serving our most vulnerable older adults has
always been at the heart of what we do and FallsTalk is specifically
designed to address the needs of individuals who cannot or do not wish
to participate in group falls prevention programs. All of us at
Brookside Research & Development are keenly aware of the challenges
faced by those of you who serve these individuals. We are currently
working to meet the needs of four groups: I- Our
FallsTalk Facilitators nationwide; II- The
older adults that our FallsTalk Facilitators serve; III-
Family Caregivers
of older adults with memory loss, Alzheimer’s
disease and related dementias;
IV- Those who would like to learn to
offer
FallsTalk to older adults currently sheltering in place or under
lockdown.
We do not want to clutter your already
overflowing inbox, so we will ask you to please use this link to access
the latest information and resources as they are available for each of
these groups. We will continually update this information moving
forward. Thank you for your commitment to providing much needed support
for older adults, these are all our own loved ones. Please continue
reading this page and know that YOUR contribution to their health and
safety MATTERS!
I- Our FallsTalkTM Facilitators
nationwide
Our latest software has numerous new tools
designed to simplify and extend your digital reach, as well as to assist
you in working together with others in your organization; helping you to
offer FallsTalk remotely to your community. Check out our
2020 Upgrades and sign up for free Refresher training. Please
email us at
Info@FallScape.org for more information.
II- The
older
adults that our FallsTalkTM
Facilitators serve
Here’s something that you can do right now!
Our
paper version of the FallsTalk Screener includes key CMS/Medicare
and Epidemiological criteria that can be completed by people at home or
in many other ways. It can help you to identify individuals at moderate
to high risk for falls. Many organizations have
used this paper screener in their community. Please email us with your
ideas for using this screening note card to reach older adults during
this challenging time, so that we can share them with others. Learn to
combine this paper screening information with various included screening
and assessment tools, provide an array of customized reports and conduct
the
FallsTalk behavioral intervention
by signing up for our
webinar training
series.
III- Family Caregivers
or Care Partners of older adults with memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease
and related dementias
Our NIH/NIA funded research is progressing very well. If you would like
to read our recent work on
falls in persons with memory loss, or
concerns of their Caregivers, just click on the links in this sentence.
IV- Those who
would like to learn to offer the FallsTalkTM
Behavioral Intervention to older
adults currently sheltering in place or under lockdown
Our
Summer FallsTalk Webinar
training series are
full, but we currently are organizing another series starting after
Labor day and will add more as we
fill those classes. We are committed to assuring the quality of our
training and the fidelity of the intervention and limit the class size.
Class schedules depend on the availability of our experienced Master
Instructors. Please email us at
Info@FallScape.org to ask about becoming a licensed FallsTalk
Facilitator by completing the training.
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