RESOURCES
Fall Prevention
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Hawaii Fall Prevention Resource Guide
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NCOA (National Council on Aging): 6 Steps to Prevent a Fall
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San Diego Fall Prevention Brochure
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Falls Can Kill You. Here's How to Minimize the Risks - NYTimes
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Leading Causes of Senior Deaths
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Causes of Falls in Older Adults
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15 Surprising Things That Can Increase Your Risk of Falling
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Exercises
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Otago Exercise Programme To Prevent Falls in Older Adults (Revised) A New Zealand evidence based program to improve balance among seniors.
Fall Prevention: Balance and Strength Exercises for Older Adults Exercises recommended by John Hopkins to strengthen the body and improve balance.​
Kupuna Aikido Safe Falling for Senior Citizens Video of KuA’s classes and students.
Take the balance challenge to help you live longer BBC. Dr Michael Mosley: Take the balance challenge to help you live longer
Mayo Clinic’s Exercises to hone your balance skills
Fall Prevention Awareness - Balance - Control Drill
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There are a lot of excellent balance and exercise videos on YouTube. You can do a search under AARP exercises for seniors. An excellent video is by the Neurolastic Institute called “The BEST single exercise to improve BALANCE for senior clients"
For all balance exercises, be sure to have a chair or counter to help maintain your balance.
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Safe Falling
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The Right Way to Fall - NYTimes
The Art of Falling Safely - AARP
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​Kupuna Aikido Safe Falling Videos
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Kupuna Aikido Safe Falling Zoom Presentation This video gives more information about Fall Prevention and our safe falling principles. Anyone who follows just one or two of our principles can reduce the severity of fall injury. For seniors who want to practice techniques based on your safe falling principles, we offer our 8 week class to practice and develop muscle memory.