Falls Risk Screening Event
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This FREE event includes Senior Affairs 50+ Sports and Fitness demonstrations on safely utilizing fitness equipment, assessments by students and faculty from UNM physical therapy and occupational therapy programs and CNM physical therapy assistant programs, podiatrists from the New Mexico Foot and Ankle Institute, and more.
Each participant will receive a one-page falls risk report which they can take to their healthcare provider for follow up. Resources on how to reduce falls risk and improve balance will be provided. In addition, participants can meet with NM Department of Health staff to locate falls prevention programs in their community. To learn about evidence based falls prevention programs available in New Mexico, visit: www.pathstohealthnm.org