1. Fall Prevention: Kick out fall episodes in our communities- Lead the Transformation!
Jennifer C. Sidelinker – PT, DPT, GCS
AGPT PA State Advocate; PPTA member

2. Agenda Overview Scope of Problem
Falls Prevention Awareness Day (FPAD) 2016
Empower Champions – FPAD Event Planning
Expectations: Who/What/When/Where/Why/How
Follow-Up: Support and Celebration
Navigate/Highlight PA FPAD Event Planning Toolkit
Organization and Contents
Next Steps/Discussion/Q+A

3. Overview

4. PA Dept of Aging
Department of Aging > Aging Services > Health & WellnessPage Content
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Facilities throughout Pennsylvania offer up to 80+ wellness programs including:
Falls Prevention Classes
Exercise Classes
Nutrition Classes
Health Screenings
Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshops
For more information, contact your local Area Agency on Aging
Scope of problem – summarize key points on screen shot from CDC website

5. Overview Quick overview of what this meeting is all about: Agenda
What to expect

6. Brainstorming Objectives
Describe the objective(s) of the exercise.
New product or service ideas?
New feature ideas?
Feature/product naming?
Promotion ideas?
New process for doing something?
Define top requirements or restrictions.

7. FPAD 2016 – first day of fall (9/22/16) – but can consider using September as falls prevention month to give yourself some flexibility
Theme: Ready, Steady, Balance: Prevent Falls in 2016
National Council on Aging

8. Agenda Overview Brainstorming objectives Rules
Brainstorming activities
Summarize
Next steps

9. PA FPAD Event Planning

10. Basics – Who?/What? Who? Considerations: What? Considerations:
Older adults along the continuum of risk
Physical therapy practitioners – need to support, engage, own
Vision Statement for the physical therapy profession:
Transform society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience
Interprofessional Colleagues
What? Considerations:
Engage to: Advocate, Educate, Empower, and Activate
Risks of “one and done” approach – strategies to support success

11. Basics – When?/Where? When? Considerations: Where? Considerations:
September 22, 2016
Within the month of September
Where? Considerations:
Captive audience
Usual Suspects: Church, Mall, YMCA
Other community events/public meetings
PA Dept of Aging Resources for more ideas
Area Agency on Aging all counties
Adult Day Centers
Senior Community Centers

12. Basics – Why?/How? Why? How? – see toolkit
Statistics – Public Health Epidemic for Older Adults
Scope of PT – uniquely positioned to be leaders in these efforts
What was that vision again?:
Transform society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience
How? – see toolkit
Other: “chachki’s” (sp?); PA Direct Access rules

13. Follow - Up Support to Succeed: Celebration:
Informal as needed along the way: Jen Sidelinker/Sue Gerhard
Formal follow-up via August meeting – District Champions share plans with group
Celebration:
Collect “data”:
Event summary: reach, scope, successes, lessons learned
Reporting: NCOA, AGPT, PPTA, etc

14. Review PPTA FPAD Toolkit
Navigation/Highlights
Organization
“Resources for PPTA FPAD 2016 Advocacy and Event Planning” document
Files named according to source (i.e. APTA, AGPT, CDC-STEADI, PA DOA, NCOA)
Contents
Presentations for Consumers
Brochures/Handouts for Consumers
Clinician Resources
Marketing Tools

15. Summarize
Next Steps
Discussion/Pep Rally
Q+A
Thank You!