09/29/2026
Join us for our Healthy Aging Open House tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mitch Park YMCA!
All ages trip and/or fall. BUT, if we are at higher risk of injury, especially severe injury (risk goes up as we get older), we deserve to know there are things we can do to reduce this risk so that we are less terrified of falling. When we are so fearful of falling our world can shrink quickly, and ironically, put us at higher risk because we may move less, and therefore, lose strength, coordination, balance, social connections, and confidence in the process.
September is Fall Prevention Month. If you live in the greater OKC area, below is a great and FREE opportunity to learn/share information and tour the fabulous Mitch Park YMCA.
If you live outside of this area, check with your local library + newspaper/radio, multi-sector plan on aging organizer (about 1/2 of states have this and more are coming on board all the time), senior center (often for ages 50+), YMCAs, and Area Agency on Aging for events.
We don't know what we don't know, but we do absolutely deserve to know how we can most safely go about living our lives.
In the 1980s we learned how important seat belts were to letting us more safely go about living life, sometime later we learned the same with bike helmets. Let's apply the same approach to preventing falls and fall injury when and where we can🩵
AgeFULLY,
Alisa
