Show Me Falls Free Missouri Coalition

Falls Prevention
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Missouri has a voluntary group called the Show Me Falls Free Missouri Coalition. This group is now meeting as the Healthy Aging and Fall Prevention Workgroup as a part of the Missouri Council for Activity and Nutrition. To join the statewide meetings or stay up to date on the progress that this group is making, please sign up here.

Meeting Information:

  • Recording, PowerPoint, and notes from the meeting on Tuesday, November 12th, 2024, at 10 am. This meeting focused on creating a Healthy Aging Toolkit and Pocket Guide.
  • Recording, PowerPoint, and notes from the meeting on Tuesday, September 17th, 2024, at 10 am. This meeting focused on Fall Prevention Awareness Month activities and Home Hazard Checklists.
  • Recording from the meeting on Tuesday, July 9th, 2024, at 10 am. This meeting focused on the draft strategic plan. The updated draft can be found here.
  • Recording from the meeting on Tuesday, May 14th, 2024, at 10 am. This meeting focused on pedestrian safety.
  • PowerPoint and Recording from the meeting on Tuesday, March 12th, 2024, at 10 am. This meeting focused on spring cleaning and featured information about the evidence-based program HARP.
  • PowerPoint, Resources, and Recording from the meeting on Tuesday, January 9th, 2024, at 10 am. This meeting focused on winter weather fall prevention. Images, articles, and videos were shared for public education. Missouri Assistive Technology addressed ways to prevent falls and a medical professional talked about falls in a trauma center.
  • PowerPoint, Resources, and Recording from the meeting on Wednesday, November 8th, 2023, at 10 am. This was a panel discussion with Missouri EMS.
  • PowerPoint and Recording from the meeting on Tuesday, August 29th, 2023, at 10 am. This meeting provided guidance on how to bring fall prevention awareness to your community.
  • Recording, PowerPoint, and Physical Therapy Resource from the meeting on Tuesday, July 11th, 2023. This was a panel of physical therapists in Missouri.
  • Recording and Resources from the meeting on Tuesday, April 4th, 2023. This was a panel of occupational therapists in Missouri.
  • PowerPoint and Recording from the meeting on Tuesday, January 10th, 2023. This was a presentation on the connection between falls and traumatic brain injury.
  • PowerPoint and Recording from the meeting on Tuesday, November 8th, 2022. The PowerPoint Template and PDFs that were shared during the meeting. This meeting focused on building local falls prevention coalitions.
  • PowerPoint and Resources from the meeting on Thursday, September 22nd, 2022. This meeting focused on resources to share during Falls Prevention Awareness Month.
  • PowerPoint from the meeting on Thursday, July 28th, 2022. This meeting focused on statewide data and falls prevention efforts in Missouri.

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