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How this Guide can help your organization

This Guide was developed to help organizations and leaders support active, independent aging. The information, activities, handouts and resources in the Guide can help you:

• Develop and deliver effective programs related to falls prevention and active living
• Identify changes that you can easily make in your organization to reduce the risk of falls
• Identify and work with partners to take action to reduce fall hazards in your larger community
• Implement simple strategies in your centre and community to encourage your members to be active every day

Resources in the Guide can also help you document and evaluate your programs to learn what works well for your members. Read Evaluating your program, while you are making plans, before you start a new initiative.

Find out what others are doing. Remember, your organization is not alone in its efforts to promote falls prevention and safe, active living among older adults. Other groups may be involved in educating older adults around falls prevention or lobbying for changes in policies and municipal standards to make the environment safer. The Guide has suggestions for finding these organizations. Together you can build momentum to reduce falls while making neighbourhoods and communities safer and more activity-friendly for all of us as we get older.