{"id":21015,"date":"2023-09-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalfitnessnetwork.org\/public\/?p=21015"},"modified":"2023-09-05T10:59:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:59:19","slug":"21015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/all-mfn\/21015\/","title":{"rendered":"September 18-22 is Falls Prevention Awareness Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One in four Americans over age 65 falls every year. Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and non-fatal injuries for seniors. Through practical lifestyle adjustments, evidence-based programs, and community partnerships, the number of falls among the aging population can be reduced!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 18-22 is the National Council on Aging&#8217;s Falls Prevention Awareness Week. <\/strong>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncoa.org\/page\/falls-prevention-awareness-week-toolkit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NCOA website<\/a> for more Falls Prevention Toolkit, filled with resources for both the public and fitness professionals!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Video: 6 Steps to Prevent a Fall<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"NCOA Falls Prevention: 6 Steps to Prevent a Fall\" width=\"1161\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/97MrLqw1aro?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Video courtesy of National Council on Aging.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One in four Americans over age 65 falls every year. Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and non-fatal injuries for seniors. Through practical lifestyle adjustments, evidence-based programs, and community partnerships, the number of falls among the aging population can be reduced! September 18-22 is the National Council on Aging&#8217;s Falls Prevention Awareness Week. Visit the NCOA website for more Falls Prevention Toolkit, filled with resources for both the public and fitness professionals! Video: 6 Steps to Prevent a Fall Video courtesy of National Council on Aging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":31536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[293,134,198,193],"class_list":["post-21015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-mfn","tag-fall-prevention","tag-fitness","tag-fitness-professionals","tag-healthy-aging"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33472,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21015\/revisions\/33472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}