A Matter of Balance

📆 Mondays and Wednesdays, April 7 to 30, 2025
⌚ 2:30 to 4:30 PM
đź“Ś ACI, 629 Amboy Ave, Edison, NJ

Many older adults experience concerns about falling and restrict their activities. A Matter of Balance is an award-winning program designed to manage falls and increase activity levels.

This program emphasizes practical strategies to manage falls.

You will learn to:

  • View falls as controllable

  • Set goals for increasing activity

  • Make changes to reduce fall risks at home

  • Exercise to increase strength and balance

Who should attend?

  • Anyone concerned about falls

  • Anyone interested in improving balance, flexibility and strength

  • Anyone who has fallen in the past

  • Anyone who has restricted activities because of falling concerns

Free home safety checks for all participants!!!

If you have any questions, please call 732-738-4388 or email Debbie Hehir at dhehir@adacil.org or Ky Harmon at kharmon@adacil.org

You must register and pre-screen to enroll.


A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls Volunteer Lay Leader Model ©2006
This program is based on Fear of Falling: A Matter of Balance. Copyright ©1995 Trustees of Boston University. All rights reserved. Used and adapted by permission of Boston University.

A Matter of Balance Lay Leader Model
Recognized for Innovation and Quality in Healthcare and Aging, 2006, American Society on Aging.
A Matter of Balance Lay Leader Model was developed by a grant from the Administration on Aging (#90AM2780).


HHS Grant or Cooperative Agreement in NOT funded with other non-government sources: “This program is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $516,939 with 100 percent funding by ACL/HHS. The contents are those of the author(S) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACL/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Posted on February 24, 2025 and filed under Health, Peer Support.