— 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

Contact Hours:  1

Course Delivery Information

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Course Delivery Information

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.

Please note that if you registered on a weekend or holiday, or if the University of Arkansas is closed due to inclement weather, there may be a delay in providing you with your login information.

For further assistance, contact U of A Professional & Workforce Development at training@uark.edu or 479-464-5024.

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Suggested Equipment

Registrants may need the following:

• reliable access to a computer with Windows or Mac OS
• reliable access to the Internet
• a webcam
• a microphone
• speakers or headphones
• minimum 4GB RAM

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.

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Instructor

Dr. Susan Patton

Departmental Chairperson, BA, MS, MSBA, PhD

Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, University of Arkansas, is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.