IPMR Programs

 Caregiver Education Night at Senior World 

Preparing for the Future

by Timothy Kirk, Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen Law Firm

Thursday, February 9th 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Senior World, 719 N. Wm. Kumpf Blvd. Peoria

Please RSVP so we can make sure we have enough materials.

(309) 495-4530

All About Falls

Bradley University OLLI program

Session 1, April 4th
Slips, Trips, and Stumbles
This session covers the who, what, when, where and why of falling.

Session 2, April 11th
A Matter of Balance
This session delves more deeply into what our sense of balance actually is and why it can go haywire as we age. Participants will learn the three systems (visual, vestibular and somatosensory) that must work together to keep us upright, and we will begin some simple screening tests to measure balance and risk of falls.

Session 3, April 18th
Stand Up and Be Counted
Now it’s time to really understand what’s going on here... Individual screening using a portable force plate of the NeuroCom BalanceMaster will give each participant a printout of “how they stand”.

Session 4, April 25th
Whatever Gets Worse with Age Gets Better with Exercise
Participants now know why their risk of falling increases with age and changes to their bodies. What’s a body to do?  Exercise!!  Learn specific exercises that can be done to counteract those changes, and decrease the likelihood of falls.

Made possible in part by a grant from the Centrail Illinois Agency on Aging.