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Additional Resources

This page includes recordings of our past trainings including:

  • Aging Well and Optimal Health: The Role of Micronutrients (October 2024)
  • Motivation in Physical Activity: Encouraging Participants to Fully Engage (April 2024)
  • Falls and Incontinence: Hidden Connections and Practical Solutions with OSU StrongPeopleTM and Providence Health & Services (September 2021)
  • Fall Prevention (May 2021).

You will also find other helpful resources for StrongPeopleTM programs including the 10-repetition count, Food Hero for Older Adults, and signs and symptoms of heart attack and stroke.

Aging Well and Optimal Health: The Role of Micronutrients

Dr. Emily Ho, PhD, Endowed Chair & Director of The Linus Pauling Institute, OSU Distinguished Professor of Nutrition, and Co-Director of the Center for Healthy Aging Research, joined our Quarterly Leader Meeting in October 2024 to share her presentation, "Aging Well and Optimal Health: The Role of Micronutrients."

Motivation in Physical Activity: Encouraging Participants to Fully Engage

Dr. Erica Woekel, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor in the College of Health, joined our Quarterly Leader Meeting in April 2024 to share her presentation, "Motivation in Physical Activity: Encouraging Participants to Fully Engage."

Falls and Incontinence: Hidden Connections and Practical Solutions

This training will provide education for women and men regarding falls and incontinence and what can be done to reduce the prevalence of these conditions in older adults. The training will include information and emphasis on pelvic floor health.
This training on the relationship between falls and incontinence will be presented jointly by Oregon State University's StrongPeopleTM Program and Dr. Stephanie Hepburn, PT, DPT and Dr. Jamie Caulley, DPT of Providence Health and Services.

StrongPeople Program 10-Repetition Count

Use this audio file to help keep track of a 10-repetition set for StrongWomen/People Classes. This counting uses the recommended 8 second time frame for each repetition.

Fall Prevention Training

Balance, strength, and overall health can change as you age, putting you at risk for falling. Providence Physical Therapy and Pharmacy experts offer this webinar in partnership with OSU Extension's StrongWomenTM program on how to reduce your risk of falling.

Learn how your medications, footwear, and home environment can keep you safe and on your feet. Watch for yourself or someone you love.

Fall Prevention Training Handouts

Fall Prevention Training Handouts

This set of handouts includes a 12-question Fall Risk Assessment, six tips for reducing fall risk, a list of medications that increase your risk for falls, and a Home Safety Checklist for Fall Hazards.

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Food Hero for Older Adults

Want to learn more about nutrition's role in your life? Check out the Food Hero Monthly Magazine for Older Adults. Each issue focuses on a certain aspect of nutrition, features an ingredient grown in Oregon, and provides recipes and shopping tips for you and your family.

View Older Adult Food Hero Monthly

Know the Signs

It is important to be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of a heart attack or stroke. Although women and men experience similar symptoms, women may experience more subtle warning signs that one of these events is occurring. Read the posters below from the American Heart Association that identify the common and subtle symptoms of heart attacks and strokes.

AHA Heart Attack Warning Signs: Men vs. Women
AHA Stroke Warning Signs: Men vs. Women

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