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The Washington Health Foundation (WHF) has awarded a $14,936 Healthy Systems Challenge Grant to Snoqualmie Valley Hospital to support the Snoqualmie and Maple Valley Falls Prevention campaign in establishing senior exercise classes and educating them about Falls Prevention based on the Stay Active and Independent for Life (SAIL) program. Falls Prevention programs have proven effective in reducing preventable hospitalizations, improving quality of life and keeping seniors independent as long as possible.
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, Mt. Si Senior Center (North Bend), Sno-Valley Senior and Activity Center (Carnation) and Maple Valley Community Center announce a regional Falls Prevention campaign. In 2007, the Hospital will present up to 50 workshops and support exercise classes based on the evidence-based Stay Active and Independent for Life (SAIL) program for preventing falls.
"We believe hundreds of adults 65 years and older will enjoy a safer, healthier life and suffer fewer injuries from falls as a result of the advocacy, educational, prevention and elder-friendly exercise opportunities undertaken as a result of this initiative," says Snoqualmie Valley Hospital CEO Rodger McCollum.
To support this initiative, the NorthWest Orthopaedic Institute will train and certify a new generation of locally qualified instructors. Mt Si Senior Center will offer three-times weekly exercise classes. Meanwhile, Sno-Valley Senior Center will enhance its current senior exercise class offerings and Maple Valley Community Center will encourage senior exercise initiatives throughout its service area.
"Continuing the improvement of our state's health will require all Washingtonians to make healthier choices," said Katharine Sacks Sanders, WHF's Director of Grantmaking. "But individual behavior change works best when the community as a whole and all of its organizations support that change. This means we need schools, employers, and groups such as the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital and its partners to help make healthy choices the easy choices."
For more information about the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Falls Program please call 425-831-2300.
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