Sec. 161.353. FALL PREVENTION POLICY. The department may develop recommendations to: (1) raise public awareness about fall prevention; (2) educate older adults and individuals who provide care to older adults about best practices to reduce the incidence and risk of falls among older adults; (3) encourage state and local governments and the private sector to promote policies and programs that help reduce the incidence and risk of falls among older adults; (4) encourage area agencies on aging to include fall prevention education in their services; (5) develop a system for reporting falls to improve available information on falls; and (6) incorporate fall prevention guidelines into state and local planning documents that affect housing, transportation, parks, recreational facilities, and other public facilities.
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