— Offered by College of Education and Health Professions and Eleanor Mann School of Nursing —

One in four adults aged 65 and older report falling each year (CDC, 2020), resulting in approximately 36 million falls in the United States in 2018. Florence et al. (2018) estimated US medical costs attributable to fatal and nonfatal falls in 2015 to be $US 49.5 billion.

Injuries from falls lead to the following:

• Fear of falling
• Sedentary behavior
• Impaired function 
• Lower quality of life

This class explores fall prevention tools and strategies, including risk screening, assessment, and management, as well as successful interventions to prevent falls.

Learning Objectives

• Discuss the significance of falls in older adults. 
• Identify risk factors (extrinsic and intrinsic) for falls in older community-dwelling adults.
• Conduct a fall focused assessment.
• Develop a treatment plan that minimizes the risk of future falls and morbidity from falls.

^$10

Free for University of Arkansas faculty with current UARK email address.

Online / Self-Paced

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Contact Hours:  1

Technology Requirements & Accessing Your Course

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Technology Requirements

All course participants are expected to have email capability. Online course participants are expected to have the following:

• Reliable access to a computer with Windows or Mac OS
• Minimum 8GB RAM
• Reliable access to the internet
• Access to standard software such as word processing and spreadsheets, if required to complete coursework
• A webcam
• A microphone
• Speakers or headphones

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Accessing Your Course

Your course will be delivered via Blackboard, the University of Arkansas' online learning system. Within approximately 24 hours of your registration, you will receive a welcome email from a U of A Professional & Workforce Development staff member and a second email from Microsoft Invitations with information about how to set up and access your Blackboard account.

Registrations that coincide with the beginning of the academic semester may be delayed several days. Registrations will not be processed on weekends or when the university is closed.

Please note that some corporate firewalls may not allow the use of Blackboard, the University's online learning system. If your IT Department cannot adjust this for you, you may need to plan to complete the course on another device at a different location.