Those working with older adults in long term care, acute care, and home care will acquire the knowledge and skills needed to apply an evidence-based approach to the prevention of falls and fall-related injuries. Learn how to design, implement, and evaluate a falls prevention program. Facilitated instruction leads you through a process to develop strategies and interventions; apply current programs; understand the reliability and validity of existing resources and tools for screening and assessing fall risk.

This distance course begins with a workshop on how to access online components of this course, locate website resources, and communicate with the instructor and other students using online discussion tools to participate in interactive activities throughout this course.

The instructor is Julian Young, Coordinator for Injury Prevention and Control, Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection.

For information or to register, visit http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/health/