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SF Senior Care 101: Vital Link sponsors fall prevention program in Danville Monday November 16

Preventing falls is essential to senior health
Preventing falls is essential to senior health
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Bay Area Vital Link, is hosting a talk on fall prevention today, November 16, 2009 at 2:30 pm, at the Danville Community Center 420 Front Street, Danville, CA 94526. No registration is needed and the event is free. Lee Cutler, Community Relations Director for Vital Link, will present.

“We do many fall prevention presentations throughout the greater Bay Area,” says Fayne S. Cohen of Vital Link. “ Art Hoffman, our owner, has been in the Emergency Response System business for many years. Every single day he speaks to both clients and family members who have experienced firsthand the effects of falling. Many of these falls can be prevented. He has made a commitment to include fall prevention in our community outreach efforts.”

This Wednesday, November 18, Vital Link's Lee Cutler, will speak with Colleen Campbell from the Alameda County Senior Injury Prevention Program at a Fall Prevention Workshop at UC Berkeley as part of their Fall Elder Care Workshops. Contact Vital Link for more information by email or phone at (800) 752-5522.
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Bay Area Vital Link is a family owned business based in Berkeley that provides seniors and the disabled with medical alarm services to help maintain independence.

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