# 428 Addressing Fall Risk Beyond Just Gait and Balance
 
This course will offer practical solutions to some of the most challenging real-life situations you face with patients who fall or are at risk of falling. We will review how to better predict and prevent falls with effective fall prevention tools and strategies. We will also introduce the latest advances in fall prevention including details from the CDC and their detailed fall prevention initiative, STEADI (Stop Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries). We will cover appropriate screening, assessment and interventions that will really impact on your patient population !!!!!
 
Pre-assigned videos include:
#7427 Optimize Fall Prevention By Implementing Targeted Neuroplasticity Training in Older Adults
#7403 The Healing Power of Sleep_ Practical Toolsfor Recovery After Illness & Injuries
#7417 Geriatric Balance Examination & Interventions
 
Course instruction method includes: lecture, picture graphs, videos, group discussion, case studies, question/answers.
 
CERTIFICATION AVAILABLE: Once you have completed this course, you will have met the educational standards to become a Certified Fall Prevention Specialist (CFPS). Application to Evergreen Certifications is optional and available for a $29.99 fee.
 
 
Instructor: Michel Janet (Shelly) Denes, PT, C/NDT, CFPS, CGCP
 
Course Cities and Dates:
#428 Livonia, MI (Trinity Health Livonia) on Friday, March 7, 2025 from 8:00 am – 3:30 pm Local Time
 
This course will be 6 hours of recordings and 6 hours onsite.