Welcome to the Falls Prevention Awareness Week Toolkit hosted by NCOA and the Falls Free® Initiative. We encourage you to utilize the tools provided below to support your statewide and community-based falls prevention awareness efforts.

Join NCOA for the 18th annual Falls Prevention Awareness Week!

NCOA, the Falls Free® Initiative, and partners have spent the last 17 years educating and engaging older adults about falls prevention through evidence-based programming and enlisting support from health care providers, community resources, friends, and family.  We know preventing falls is possible, and we want to empower older adults to act and reduce their risk of falling.  

All tools and resources in the Falls Prevention Awareness Week toolkit have been developed to help you maximize your impact in raising awareness of falls prevention among older adults in your community. You are encouraged to use these resources and repurpose them on your website and for any planned activities for September and throughout the year. Our toolkit offers both digital and printable assets you can use to generate engagement, including encouraging your community to play a role in falls prevention. 

This project is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $5,000,000 with 100 percent funding by ACL/HHS.  The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACL/HHS, or the U.S. Government.