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Finding Balance – Global News Calgary

Jennifer Cherniwchan, one of our Registered Nurses talks about the Alberta Fall Prevention Campaign and how to prevent seniors falls before it happens.

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November 15, 2011 - You are Invited

Bayshore Home Health will be having a Coffee and Cake Event for Falls Prevention DATE: November 15, 2011 TIME: between 10am and 12pm LOCATION: Calgary Elks Lodge and Golf Club at 2502 – 6th St. NE. The Elks Club is wheel chair accessible and we invite the public to join and learn about how you can help prevent a fall for yourself or a family member through some fun activities and presentations. The themes of the informational materials are: • Check Your Medications: Talk to your Doctor or Pharmacist • Keep Active: Exercise for Strength and Balance • Watch Your Step: Wherever You Are Please RSVP at 1-866-227-3259. We look forward to seeing you there.

Coffee & Cake Event for Falls Prevention

Finding Balance - Home care aims to prevent seniors’ falls before it happens - While falling may not seem serious, falls can disable, cause physical and mental distress, and seriously diminish the quality of life, especially for seniors. - Research shows falls are the result of a complex interaction of risk factors, one of which is age. The risk of falling and being injured increases as people get older. One in three persons over 65 will fall at least once a year. - In Alberta about 62,500 seniors fall every year. In 2006, fall-related injuries among seniors resulted in more than 6,900 hospital admissions and 18,700 emergency department visits. - The hospitalization costs for fall-related injuries currently are estimated at $96 million per year not including visits to emergency departments, physicians, physiotherapists, the costs of medication or home care. Hospitalization costs will reach $228 million by 2033 unless something is done to counter the trend. - Many falls can be avoided and researchers have identified numerous simple but effective falls-prevention strategies. Health Care Aids in Homecare work every day with seniors helping them to stay health, independent and help them avoid a fall. They do this though checking for safe walking paths through the home, safe bathing procedures, medication management, exercises and many other ways. - The Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research in the University of Alberta’s School of Public Health and the Alberta Medical Association have developed an information and advocacy campaign called Finding Balance focused on reducing the number of falls among seniors in Alberta. Bayshore Home Health is a Bronze Sponsor of the campaign and is actively participating in the planning and implementation. - November is Falls Prevention Month and Finding Balance will be launched early in November targeting independent, well seniors. The campaign’s themes are based on current research and evidence-based practice. Finding Balance is guided by an Advisory Committee of multi-disciplinary health care professionals from all over Alberta. The themes of the informational materials are: • Check Your Medications: Talk to your Doctor or Pharmacist • Keep Active: Exercise for Strength and Balance • Watch Your Step: Wherever You Are - Seniors and caregivers will be able to find falls prevention programs in their communities through Health Link Alberta and the Finding Balance website at www.findingbalancealberta.ca. Bayshore Home Health will be having a Coffee and Cake Event DATE: November 15, 2011 TIME: between 10am and 12pm LOCATION: Calgary Elks Lodge and Golf Club at 2502 – 6th St. NE. - The Elks Club is wheel chair accessible and we invite the public to join and learn about how you can help prevent a fall for yourself or a family member through some fun activities and talks. Please RSVP at 403-229-3929. We look forward to seeing you there. About Bayshore Home Health - Bayshore Home Health has been enhancing the quality of life, dignity and independence of Canadians in their homes since 1966. Canadian owned and operated, it is the country’s largest provider of home and community health care services, with more than 40 home care offices, 20 community care clinics and 8,000 employees. Its core services are in-home nursing, personal care and home support – which can be purchased directly by individuals and also accessed through government care programs, personal and group insurance plans and workplace safety insurance. The company also provides nurse/caregiver staffing services, health education programs and treatments in its community dialysis centres. Through its subsidiary, Bayshore Specialty Rx, it offers infusion pharmacy, infusion clinic and pharmaceutical For more information, please contact: Tyla Jones, Area Director, Bayshore Home Health - Calgary 403-229-3929, tjones@bayshore.ca