Free Seminar on Fall Prevention

Sept. 11, 2012 - PRLog -- GIBSONIA, Pa. (Richland Twp.), Sept. 11, 2012 – Laura Pierce, occupational therapist with St. Barnabas Rehabilitation and Home Care, will lead a discussion titled “Tips for Preventing Falls” at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25 in Hilltop Hall at The Village at St. Barnabas, 5850 Meridian Road. She will discuss and answer questions about:
•   Safety guidelines for preventing falls in your home
•   New approaches to performing daily living activities
•   The importance of physical fitness for general safety
•   How occupational therapy can help increase independence

The presentation is part of St. Barnabas Medical Center’s monthly Doc’s Talk series, in which health care representatives share information with St. Barnabas residents and the public. Reservations are not necessary. For more information, call (724) 443-7231. St. Barnabas Medical Center is open to the public and provides outpatient medical care in a number of specialties through its nearly two dozen practitioners.

St. Barnabas Health System is the largest health care concern of its kind in Pennsylvania and offers service apart from the ordinary in a faith-based, non-denominational setting.  Tracing its heritage back to 1900, the system serves approximately 900 inpatients and residents, plus 35,000 outpatients and home care clients.  The health system is composed of the St. Barnabas Communities, including The Village at St. Barnabas, The Washington Place at St. Barnabas, The Woodlands at St. Barnabas and White Tail Ridge; St. Barnabas Clinical Services, including St. Barnabas Nursing Home, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas and The Arbors at St. Barnabas; and St. Barnabas Charities, the fund-raising arm, which includes the Kean Theatre and Rudolph Auto Repair.