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Professor Cathy Said from the University of Melbourne and Western Health is leading the MOVE Together: Reduce Falls program to support older people from migrant and refugee communities to exercise more and reduce their risk of falls.
ECCV is collaborating with Professor Said on the project alongside a team of clinicians and researchers, as well as representatives from multicultural organisations and older people from the Italian, Chinese, and Arabic-speaking communities.
“Falls are a personal story,” Professor Said says. “Everyone knows someone who has been affected by a fall.”
The good news is that exercise can not only improve your health, but also reduce your risk of falls. Research shows that three hours of exercise a week, including exercises aimed at improving balance and muscle strength, can reduce the risk by up to 42%.
However, at least two-thirds of older adults from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are not doing enough exercise to minimise their risk of having a fall.
The MOVE Together project aims to change this.