Hello, and welcome to a video aimed at teaching you safe steps to get up after a fall. You may already know that one in four adults over the age of 65 fall each year. This rate increases as a person ages. Additionally, lying on the floor for an extended time after a fall may result in complications. Therefore, having a plan in place should a fall occur is the first step to safe fall recovery.
Join Dr. Tiffany Shubert, Physical Therapist and expert in aging, health, and wellness in video one of this multi-part falls prevention exercise program.
Welcome to the Hop up PT interactive exercise video to guide you in the Otago Exercise Program.
This program was designed to help you maintain your strength and mobility and to help prevent falls.
A core component of the Foundational HOP-UP-PT Independence Program is the application of the CDC’s Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries program. A highly regarded program available to the public and healthcare providers, STEADI helps identify and treat falls and fall related injuries.
Fred, 79, wanted to have professional guidance on ways to improve his overall health, safety, and balance to be able to continue his active, healthy lifestyle so he enrolled in the program after reading about it in the local newspaper. I enjoy things like volunteering, hunting, and visiting my grandchildren. I know that I’m not Read More
The Stay Independent brochure, available as a component of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention STEADI programming, contains a Fall risk Screening questionnaire that is useful to older adults and their families, community centers, and health care providers. The 12-question screening tool is a validated fall risk self-assessment tool (Rubenstein et al. J Safety Res; Read More
HOP-UP PT has helped me dramatically and I’m able to get around more, can walk more; I’m able to do fly fishing standing in the middle of a river. I’m able to go bird hunting with my camera.
All that I wasn’t able to do before.
Welcome to the HOP-UP-PT interactive exercise video to guide you in the Otago exercise program.
This program was designed to help you maintain your strength and mobility and to help prevent falls. This video is intended for participants who have viewed the complete demonstration video and are ready to complete the program, start to finish without interruption.
The Carolina Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (CGWEP) website provides information on the Otago Exercise Program and how to become an Otago Exercise Program Provider. Resources on administering the program with participants are also available.
An upstream approach to healthcare aims to examine and then impact the root causes of a health-related problem rather the symptoms. The approach can bring about downstream improvements in health outcomes and decrease healthcare costs. HOP-UP-PT uses this approach as the foundation of all evaluations, interventions, and programming.