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Title: Stepping On: Building Confidence and Reducing Falls 2nd ed.
Sub-title: A Community-Based Program for Older People
By (author): Lindy Clemson, Megan Swann
ISBN10-13: 1920898751 : 9781920898755
Format: Paperback
Pages: 252
Weight: .000 Kg.
Published: Sydney University Press - July   2008
List Price: 26.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability: Out of Print 
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This edition has been superseded. The new 3rd edition of Stepping On is available at https://sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/products/124823A manual for health professionals to run Stepping On, a falls prevention program, with older people living in the community. Stepping On is a well-researched successful program presented in a comprehensive manual that describes how to prepare, plan and run the multi-faceted program.The manual provides:
  • A step by step guide to running the seven-week (2hrs-week) group program.
  • Essential background information for understanding the conceptual underpinning of the program and the group process.
  • Valuable content information for all the key falls prevention areas that can be used to upskill local experts participating in the program.
  • A guide to useful resources
  • Handouts for group participants
  • Ideas on recruitment and evaluation
Handouts in a variety of languages are available for download from https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/3662
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Introduction
Background
The underpinning concepts: making decisions, learning and improving confidence
Group work, and the facilitator as a catalyst for change
Recognising culture
Marketing and recruitment
Evaluation
Review of the program Session one: introduction, overview and risk appraisal
Session two: exercise and moving about safely
Session three: home hazards
Session four: community safety and footwear
Session five: vision and falls, vitamin D and transportation safety
Session six: medication management and mobility mastery experiences
Session seven: review and plan ahead
Session eight: three-month booster session The display
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