{"id":2247,"date":"2016-09-02T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/blog\/marymount-university-receives-federal-grant-for-older-adult-falls-prevention-programs-in-northern-virginia\/"},"modified":"2016-09-02T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T10:23:00","slug":"marymount-university-receives-federal-grant-for-older-adult-falls-prevention-programs-in-northern-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymount-university-receives-federal-grant-for-older-adult-falls-prevention-programs-in-northern-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Marymount University Receives Federal Grant For Older Adult Falls Prevention Programs in Northern Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"
Marymount University was one of eight organizations nationally that recently received a two-year $480,000 grant from the Administration on Aging, a program division within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), to embed evidence-based falls prevention programs across Northern Virginia. Both Inova Health Systems and Goodwin House are major partners with significant roles in the grant implementation. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
The goal of the grant is to establish fall prevention programs at more than 60 locations across Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, and Loudon County that reach approximately 1,400 older adults at risk of falling. A network of agencies and organizations will also be built that can sustain and continue to increase the reach of these programs once the grant is over.<\/span><\/p>\n