Falls Prevention Awareness Week is September 22-26, 2025!
This nationwide campaign is dedicated to increasing awareness about falls, health, and injury prevention. Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries for older adults. But here’s the good news: falling is not an inevitable part of aging.
With practical lifestyle adjustments, evidence-based programs, and strong community support, we can all take steps to reduce the risk of falls and live with greater strength, mobility, and confidence. At the Y, we’re here year-round to help you and your loved ones stay active, improve stability, and strengthen bones through functional movement and safe, effective exercise.
Practical steps to prevent falls:
- Get Regular Hearing and Vision Checks: Corrective lenses and hearing aids help maintain awareness of one's surroundings.
- Make Home Safety Adjustments: Remove tripping hazards like loose rugs, cords, and clutter. Add grab bars and handlebars in commonly used areas.
- Wear Safe Footwear: Choose non-slip, supportive footwear with closed toes.
- Stay Hydrated and Nourished: Dehydration and low blood sugar can cause weakness and dizziness, leading to falls.
Here’s how the Y supports you in preventing falls and building confidence through movement:
- Improve Strength and Balance: Programs like Enhance®Fitness and mobility-based classes build strength and improve balance, two of the most critical factors in preventing falls.
- Community Support: Staying consistent is easier with encouragement. At the Y, you’ll find social connection and a supportive community that shares your commitment to healthy living.
- Educational Resources: We share practical tips on reducing the risk of falls, both at home and in your community.
Explore the Y’s Mobility and Strengthening Classes
Whatever your fitness level, the Y has classes designed to keep you moving safely and steadily:
- Water Exercise: Aqua HIIT and Aqua Mobility combine cardiovascular conditioning and muscle strengthening in a joint-friendly, low-impact format.
- Enhance®Fitness: An evidence-based program designed for older adults at risk of falling or managing arthritis, it focuses on balance, flexibility, and strength with regular progress tracking.
- Low Impact Cardio: Come ready to sweat and have fun at Dance Fit Low and Zumba Gold, low-impact dance classes focusing on balance, range of motion, and coordination.
- Low Impact Cardio and Strength: Ignite blends cardio and strength alongside fun music, and Silver Fit Circuit brings functional fitness to an easy-to-follow guided circuit.
- Low Impact Strength Silver Fit Strength: is a chair-based total body workout designed to build muscular strength while improving balance.
Join Us for Falls Prevention Awareness Week!
This September, we invite you to learn more, move more, and stay supported at the Y.
Explore our classes (open to members)
Join Falls Prevention Awareness Week events (open to members and non-members)