The Fall Prevention Project

Other Resources on Fall Prevention and Aging

Following are a number of other World Wide Web sites which include additional information about fall prevention and aging.  Although some sites may contain information of interest to both consumers and health care professionals, they are listed according to the most likely target audience: 

• the consumer: older adults and their families

• health care practitioners, educators and agencies

For the consumer:  older adults and their families

• National Resource Center on Aging and Injury
  http://nraci.org

• AAOS On-Line Service Guide to Home Safety
  American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Public Information
  http://www.aaos.org/wordhtml/pat_educ/homesafe.htm

• Preventing Falls Among Seniors
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/duip/spotlite/falls.htm
   
• Preventing falls in older adults
  http://www.fairview.org/pps/patprog/comhlth/fallprevention/
   
• Health and Aging
  http://www.healthandaging.com/Home/gid2=237
   
• HealthierUS
  http://www.healthierus.gov

• Lighthouse International: Hope When Vision Fails
  http://www.lighthouse.org/

• American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
  http://www.aarp.org/

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
  http://cpsc.gov
   
• Healthfinder
  http://www.healthfinder.gov

• Senior Health
  http://nihseniorhealth.gov
   
• SeniorNet
  http://www.seniornet.org

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