Balancing Act: Fall Prevention for Older Adults with Vision Impairments

Update: 2016-02-18

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Join Low Vision Focus @ Hadley as Anne Cowles, MPH, describes "Balancing Act," an initiative devised to be a tool for fall prevention. Ms. Cowles is the fitness director with the New England College of Osteopathic Medicine's U-ExCEL (Exercise and Conditioning for Easier Living) program, and has worked to develop comprehensive fall prevention training that is not only directed at the general population, but is designed to be accessible to those with low vision.

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Balancing Act: Fall Prevention for Older Adults with Vision Impairments

Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired

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Balancing Act: Fall Prevention for Older Adults with Vision Impairments

Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Balancing Act: Fall Prevention for Older Adults with Vision Impairments