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A Guide to Preventing Falls

Format

Booklet
Description This booklet is a seniors' guide to preventing falls. It includes background statistics and information on why people fall. The booklet reviews the causes of falls as well as what to do about: exercise, medication, assistive devices, hazards.
Date 2003
Languages English, French
Cost Free
Available from

City of Ottawa Public Health and Long-Term Care Branch,
Falls Prevention Program,
495 Richmond Rd. Ottawa, ON
(613) 724-4179

 

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