Welcome to the Falls Prevention Awareness Week Toolkit hosted by NCOA and the Falls Free Initiative. 

The 17th annual Falls Prevention Awareness Week focuses on From Awareness to Action.

NCOA, the Falls Free Initiative, and partners have spent the last 15 years educating and engaging with older adults about falls prevention through evidence-based programming and enlisting support from health care providers, community resources, friends, and family.  We know that preventing falls is possible, and we want to empower older adults to take action and reduce their risk of falling.  

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

Thank you to our funder the Administration for Community Living (ACL)

This project was supported, in part by grant number 90FPSG0051 from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration for Community Living policy.