UNE community partnership helps prevent falls for aging Mainers

Participants in the fall prevention screenings from UNE and SMAA

With help from University of New England students, faculty and Southern Maine Agency on Aging (SMAA), older adults in York and Westbrook, Maine recently participated in two separate “Balance and Strength Screening” events.

Participants received checks of balance, strength, and blood pressure, reviews of their medications and connections to the community-based falls prevention workshop “A Matter of Balance.” UNE team members included Nursing students, Doctor of Physical Therapy students, Pharmacy students, Assistant Professor Donna Hyde, MSN/Ed., R.N., MGSF, Associate Professor Jim Cavanaugh, P.T., Ph.D., and Assistant Clinical Professors Joel Coon, Pharm.D., and Jim Krebs Pharm.D. 

The efforts were part of SMAA efforts to reduce falls in the State of Maine and highlighted the September 22, 2016 National Fall Prevention Awareness Day sponsored by the National Council on Aging.

To learn more about the University of New England’s Westbrook College of Health Professions visit www.une.edu/wchp

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.