{"id":18558,"date":"2023-12-14T18:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T22:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/?p=18558"},"modified":"2024-02-16T12:50:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T16:50:51","slug":"falls_prevention_seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/news\/falls_prevention_seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"e-Learning: Falls Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Presented by<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Momiji \/ JSS \/ Yee Hong Centre<\/h5>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wed. Jan 10, 2024, 3:00 \u2013 4:00 pm (English)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18560 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fallprevention-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fallprevention-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fallprevention.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>1 hour online session on Zoom to learn about falls prevention will be co-provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/momiji.on.ca\/ja\/%e3%83%9b%e3%83%bc%e3%83%a0\/\">Momiji Health Care Society<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/\">Japanese Social Services<\/a>\u00a0(JSS), joined by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yeehong.com\/\">Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care.<\/a>\u00a0<strong>*Held in English<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>What is this session about?<\/h2>\n<p>Did you know that in Canada, falls are the leading cause of injury-related hospitalizations and injury deaths among people aged 65 or older? Statistics show that seniors are at greater risk for injury due to falls, which is why understanding how we can prevent falls is very important!<\/p>\n<p>Please join us on <strong>January 10, 2024<\/strong>\u00a0for our Falls Prevention webinar by the <a href=\"https:\/\/schcontario.ca\/\">Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities<\/a> (SCHC) to discuss the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What can contribute to falls and why<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18562 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fallprevention2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fallprevention2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fallprevention2.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Risk factors for falls amongst seniors<\/li>\n<li>The link between Osteoporosis and falls<\/li>\n<li>What you can do to prevent falls<\/li>\n<li>A step-by-step guide on what to do if you fall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About our Guest Speaker<\/h2>\n<h4>Guest Speaker : Meanusha Velummylum, RN (Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities)<\/h4>\n<p>Meanusha Velummylum is a Registered Nurse with <a href=\"https:\/\/schcontario.ca\/\">the Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities (SCHC)<\/a>. She has completed a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at the Toronto Metropolitan University, along with a post-graduate certificate in Critical Care Nursing at Humber College. Meanusha has over three years of nursing experience in acute and critical care, public health and community health. Recently, Meanusha is working on chronic disease prevention and management as a prevention practitioner at SCHC.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Attend<\/h2>\n<p>Anyone interested can attend but pre-registration required. Click the registration button below, and fill and submit it by two days before the session date (Mon, Jan 8). If you have difficulty using online registration system, feel free to contact the hosting agency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScDbXPDowf_J6YiQ-EBMJuH7qu94ACkp0CSXkLSd95Rh2bxeQ\/viewform?usp=sf_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13920\" src=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Registration-Button-EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"129\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" \/><\/a>\uff08Registration Form will open from the button above\uff09<\/p>\n<p>Those who registered, will receive an invitation email with the Zoom link and ID\/Passcode, by a day before the session date from the hosting organizations. Check your junk box if you can\u2019t find it in your inbox \u2013 Email us if you don\u2019t see it anywhere.<\/p>\n<h3>\u3010Caution!\u3011<\/h3>\n<h4>1.\u00a0Auto-email (to confirm what you filled) right after registration<\/h4>\n<p>You will receive a confirmation email from the system right after you \u201cSubmit\u201d your form (this receipt does not contain the Zoom URL). Make sure to type correct email of yours.\u00a0<strong>If you don\u2019t see it, check your junk folder first<\/strong>, then contact JSS \/ Momiji.<\/p>\n<h4>2.\u00a0Your Zoom display name should be recognizable to the host<\/h4>\n<p>Upon joining, please display your name on Zoom in ways we recognize that you registered. For example, instead of using nicknames or initials, include your first and\/or last (e.g. Hanako Y, H. Yamada, Hanako Yamada) . We may not be able to allow you to enter for security purposes if we can\u2019t recognize your name. We\u2019ll show you how to change the display name 5 minutes before the session start.<\/p>\n<p>\u203bContact JSS\/Momiji if you don\u2019t know how to change your Zoom display name.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Momiji Health Care Society\uff08Marinel\uff09\uff1a416-261-6683 x.244 \/ ciw@momiji.on.ca<\/li>\n<li>Japanese Social Services (JSS) (Rumiko\uff09\uff1a416-385-9200 \/ programs@jss.ca<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Zoom \u2013 First Time?<\/h2>\n<p>If this is the first time you are trying out Zoom, we are more than happy to help you out with downloading and using Zoom, while connecting with you via phone. Please contact us as soon as possible, to book your practice session. *Availability may be limited depending on the number of requests.<\/p>\n<p>**Please note that we most likely\u00a0<strong>can\u2019t help you connecting Zoom on the day of the seminar due to limited staffing<\/strong>. We encourage you to book us for the separate practice prior to the seminar date.<\/p>\n<p>This eLearning series is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Provided by\uff1a<a href=\"https:\/\/momiji.on.ca\/ja\/%e3%83%9b%e3%83%bc%e3%83%a0\/\">Momiji Health Care Society<\/a>\u3001\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/\">Japanese Social Services<\/a>\u00a0(JSS),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yeehong.com\/\">Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care<\/a><\/li>\n<li>supported by Shinobu Yajima (Halton Japanese Senior Lunch Group), Family Talks Forum (FTF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wed Jan 10 at 3 PM in EN, RVSP by Jan 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":18560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[280],"tags":[307],"class_list":["post-18558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-online-seminars-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18558"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18586,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18558\/revisions\/18586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}