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Fall Prevention is the Focus of a Seminar.

 

The Primary Health Care Center is hosting a telehealth seminar presented by the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba.  The Society’s Program Director Norma Kirkby says the session on Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 will be on Steps to Safety which will help family care providers think about changes that dementia brings that might lead to falls including changes in floor color.  She explains they might think it’s a change in depth because of the difference in color and what happens is the person will transfer their weight when walking as if they thought they were going up a step or going down when really they are on a level playing surface and what happens is that transfer of weight can cause a person to fall.

             

Kirkby adds they also may not notice things in the way that might lead to a fall and must have proper footwear and proper lighting.  To register for the seminar online go to www.alzheimer.mb.ca or email outreach@alzheimer.mb.ca or phone 1-800-378-6699 and use the reference code Flin Flon.

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