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About this Compendium

This online resource is designed to serve as a compendium of tools, resources, strategies and lessons learned in effectively creating and sustaining state-wide coalitions to address falls and fall related injuries and deaths among older adults. Materials were contributed by the public health and aging services leads in ten states with active fall prevention coalitions. These materials have been tried and tested and may serve other states exploring coalition building to address this issue. The National Council on Aging greatly appreciates the states’ willingness to share this invaluable information in an effort to both assist their peers and to facilitate a national impact on falls and fall related injuries and deaths.

About the National Council on Aging

Founded in 1950, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) is a nonprofit organization with a national network of more than 14,000 organizations and leaders. Our members include senior centers, area agencies on aging, adult day service centers, faithbased service organizations, senior housing facilities, employment services, consumer groups, and leaders from academia, business, and labor.

To learn more about the National Council on Aging, visit www.ncoa.org.

About the Archstone Foundation

The Archstone Foundation is a private non-profit grantmaking organization founded in 1985, whose mission is to contribute toward the preparation of society in meeting the needs of an aging population. It has awarded more than $65 million in grants since its inception. The Archstone Foundation is currently focusing the majority of its resources to address the following four issue areas, with an emphasis on funding California-based initiatives:
• Fall Prevention;
• Elder Abuse and Neglect;
• End-of-Life Issues; and
• Responsive grantmaking to address emerging needs within society’s aging population.

To learn more about the Archstone Foundation and the work of its grantees visit www.archstone.org.

Authors

Refer questions and comments to the primary authors of this resource: Bonita Lynn Beattie, PT, MPT, MHA, National Council on Aging and Ellen Schneider, MBA, UNC Institute on Aging at fallsfree@ncoa.org.  NCOA thanks Danielle Borasky, UNC Institute on Aging, for her assistance in designing and crafting the technological aspects of this online resource tool.