1. Move Your Body

2. Stay On Your Feet® Move Improve Remove Falls Are Preventable
Here are some simple, key tips for you to follow to help prevent slips, trips and falls… so that you can get on with enjoying the fun things in life.
 Move your body:
Build your balance
Strengthen your legs
 Improve your health:
Check your medicines
Keep a healthy mind
Fuel your body
 Remove hazards:
Make your home safer
Check your eyesight
Wear safe footwear

3. Move Your Body and falls prevention
Falls are preventable.
Improving your strength and balance is the best way to prevent falls.
Good strength and balance is important to keep you safe.
Good strength and balance are needed to do your everyday activities.
Make improving your balance and strengthening your legs part of your daily activities; you can do it in your own home.

4. Why is it important to move your body?
Having good strength and balance enable you to complete everyday activities and help you stay healthy and independent.

5. What are strength and balance?
Strength Strength is measured based on the amount of weight lifted. Muscular strength is the ability of a muscle or muscle group to use force to lift or overcome resistance, in one single effort. Balance Balance is a complex skill in which our body’s position is kept stable and controlled while we stay still and move. Balance involves the systems of the body working together to control movements.

6. Why are strength and balance important?
Strong legs are needed to help us maintain and control our balance.
Therefore, poor strength and balance can lead to an increased risk of falling.
Unfortunately both strength and balance can decline due to changes as we age.
It is important to focus on improving our strength and balance to help stay healthy and prevent a fall.

7. Activity:
Identify which tasks from the following slides require strength and balance to complete

8. Playing golf

9. Gardening

10. Playing Bocce with friends/family

11. Walking the dog

12. Shopping for groceries

13. Getting up from a chair

14. What can affect strength and balance?

15. Factors that affect strength and balance
Eyesight
Inner ear
Blood pressure
Hazards
Changes in joints
Medicines
Footwear and foot problems
Strength and Balance
Physical activity
Muscles and joints
Calcium and vitamin D
Changes to muscles and bones
Feeling lightheaded
Muscle and bone conditions

16. How can older adults move their body?

17. How can older adults move their body?
Local exercise classes
Tai Chi
Local Home-based exercises
LiFE
Otago
Prime Movers
Living Longer Living Stronger
Stay On Your Feet® eDirectory
Stay On Your Feet® resources

18. Stay On Your Feet® resources

19. Who can help? General Practitioner Physiotherapist
Exercise Physiologist
Personal Trainer
Occupational Therapist
Falls Specialist Service

20. Moving your body and safety
When improving strength and balance, it is important to consider physical ability and safety.
An exercise program needs to be challenging yet safe. Ensure you seek advice with your GP prior to starting any exercises or activities.

21. What are some of the potential barriers older adults may have to strengthening their legs and building their balance?

22. Barriers to moving your body and the impact on falls prevention
Feeling unwell/experiencing pain
Lack of motivation
Do not find exercise enjoyable
Do not want to accept that they are getting older and are a falls risk
Do not know what exercise they can do
Injured recently or fear being injured
Cost or lack of resources

23. Roleplaying: action plan

24. Summary Falls are preventable.
Improving your strength and balance is the best way to prevent falls.
Good strength and balance is important to keep you safe.
Good strength and balance are needed to do your everyday activities.
Make improving your balance and strengthening your legs part of your daily activities; you can do it in your own home.

25. Quiz

26. Questions?

27. Thank you for coming!