FALL PREVENTION: DON’T LET YOUR HOUSE KICK YOU OUT! FALL PREVENTION: STAY ON YOUR OWN TWO FEET!
 
September 24, 2006. Chatham, NJ—Fall Prevention: Don’t Let Your House Kick Your Out! and Fall Prevention: Stay On Your Own Two Feet! are two companion fall prevention books written by physical therapists. Everyone who provides services for seniors or their caregivers will find thesebooks to be a valuable resource as they target the baby boomer and their aging parents.
 
Don’t Let Your House Kick You Out!   
Studies have shown that 87% of people want to age in their own home. Unfortunately, an unexpected fall often kicks them out. “I’m worried about Mom in her home, she fell and I don’t know what to do.” Fall Prevention: Don’t Let Your House Kick You Out! is a concise  instructional guide that will teach the layperson what to do to safeguard their home against the most common causes of falls.
 
Stay On Your Own Two Feet!
“Dad has always been active but now he doesn’t leave the house anymore because he is afraid of falling, what should I do? He is driving my mother crazy.” Physical therapists address the culprits of balance, posture, strength, vision, shoes, medications, exercise, etc to help the reader avoid a fall and the fear of falling. Fall Prevention: Stay On Your Own Two Feet! walks the reader through an inventory of their bodies’ hot spots that contribute to falls. Easy strategies and solutions are provided to avoid a fall and stay on your own two feet.
 
Gail Davies and Fran Scully have over twenty years experience as physical therapists. They were motivated to write these easy to read books on fall prevention after treating many patients with fall related injuries that could have been prevented by being proactive.
 
The list price for a single copy of “Fall Prevention: Don’t Let Your House Kick You Out! (book 1) is $13.95 and the list price for “Fall Prevention: Stay On Your Own Two Feet!” is $12.95. The publisher offers a 40% discount for 5 or more copies of the same book…
Book 1 ---$8.37
Book 2---$7.77
 
The publisher will offer free shipping and handling for quantities of twenty or more of the same book. Otherwise shipping is $4.50 for the first book and an additional dollar for each additional book shipped.
 
The publisher can be reached at 877-289-2665
or order from www.amazon.com



 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
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