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Fall Prevention for Older Adults with Vision Impairments</span></a><br> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:64.5pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Also: </span></b><a href="#3"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>February is Low Vision Awareness Month</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:64.5pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:64.5pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><a name=1></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Seminars@Hadley Presents: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>Braille Exchange: Braille -- Put it to Work For You!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thursday, February 11, 2016</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>10:00 AM CST, 16:00 GMT</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>While reading books using braille seems the most obvious and best way to make use of braille, there are lots of additional easy ways you can put braille to work for you. Markers for cooking and measuring; keeping your calendar and appointments at work every day; and lots of leisure ideas make the possibilities for using braille endless. And if you develop skills to read braille using different fingers, the possibilities to put braille to work are infinite!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Join Seminars@Hadley as Sharon Howerton and Vileen Shah share all sorts of potential with those 6 dots to make your life easier, more comfortable and organized. Instructor Kim Walker will moderate this 60-minute seminar. A question and answer session will be included as part of the seminar.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This seminar is an audio-only seminar. Space in this seminar is limited. Please only register if you are available to attend so that others are not closed out. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=801938&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FSeminarDetails.asp%3Fsid%3D303">Register Now for </a><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=801938&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FSeminarDetails.asp%3Fsid%3D307">B</a><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=801938&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FSeminarDetails.asp%3Fsid%3D306">raille Exchange on February 11. </a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:64.5pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:64.5pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><a name=2></a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Seminars@Hadley Presents: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Balancing Act: Fall Prevention for Older Adults with Vision Impairments</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thursday, February 18, 2016</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2:00 PM CST, 14:00 GMT</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fall prevention is a critical concern for older adults, their families and caregivers. When vision loss occurs, falling risks often increase unless individuals adopt specific strategies to maintain safety and independence.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Join Low Vision Focus @ Hadley as Anne Cowles, MPH, describes “Balancing Act,” an initiative devised to be a tool for fall prevention. Ms. Cowles is the fitness director with the New England College of Osteopathic Medicine’s U-ExCEL (Exercise & Conditioning for Easier Living) program, and has worked to develop comprehensive fall prevention training that is not only directed at the general population, but is designed to be accessible to those with low vision.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ed Haines, Instructor and member of the Seminars@Hadley team, will moderate this 60 minute seminar. A question and answer session will be included as part of the seminar.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This seminar is an audio-only seminar. Space in this seminar is limited. Please only register if you are available to attend so that others are not closed out. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=801938&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FSeminarDetails.asp%3Fsid%3D303">Register Now for </a><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=801938&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FSeminarDetails.asp%3Fsid%3D305">Fall Prevention on February 18.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a name=3></a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>February is Low Vision Awareness Month!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Have you been keeping up with Low Vision Focus @ Hadley? Check out our latest monthly seminars and our Tip of the Month! Want more? 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