Many older adults experience a fear of falling. People who develop this fear often limit their activities, which can result in physical weakness, making the risk of falling even greater. A Matter of Balance is a program designed to reduce the fear of falling and increase activity levels among older adults. A Matter of Balance community classes can be offered both in-person and virtually. The in-person Matter of Balance includes 8 two-hour sessions, and the virtual A Matter of Balance includes 9 two-hour sessions. Both the in-person and virtual sessions are led by two trained facilitators for a small group of 8-12 participants. This nationally recognized program was developed at the Roybal Center at Boston University.
MaineHealth provides Master Trainer Training Sessions that prepare organizations to offer A Matter of Balance in their communities. Master Trainers are responsible for teaching the Matter of Balance curriculum to coaches and providing them with guidance and support as they lead the Matter of Balance classes.
The original program, A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls, requires a health care professional to lead the classes. The Matter of Balance Lay Leader model uses lay leaders, called Coaches, instead of health care professionals to lead the class. MaineHealth trains Master Trainers who in turn train Coaches to lead the class.
The original program, A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls, was developed and evaluated by the Roybal Center for Enhancement of Late-Life Function at Boston University, with a grant from the National Institute on Aging. Under the original model, a health care professional - frequently a nurse or physical therapist - delivered the program.
In October 2003, MaineHealth's Partnership for Healthy Aging, Southern Maine Agency on Aging, Maine Medical Center's Geriatric Center and the University of Southern Maine received grant funding from the Administration on Aging to translate A Matter of Balance into a program that uses volunteer lay leaders instead of health care professionals to deliver the Matter of Balance class. Because the Matter of Balance Lay Leader Model uses volunteer lay leaders instead of health care professionals, it reduces the cost to deliver the program. Therefore, it can be offered more frequently, reaching a significantly higher number of older adults.
MaineHealth provides master trainer training sessions that prepare organizations to offer A Matter of Balance in their communities. Master trainers are responsible for teaching the Matter of Balance curriculum to coaches and providing them with guidance and support as they lead the Matter of Balance classes.
The Matter of Balance Volunteer Lay Leader Model has proven to be as effective as the original program. Significant improvements for participants were found regarding their levels of falls efficacy, falls management, falls control, exercise and social limitations with regard to concerns about falling.
This model was distributed and evaluated throughout the state of Maine. The collaborative developed a structured tool kit and curriculum as part of a master trainer program. Organizations can be licensed as master trainer sites to train coaches and implement the program in their communities. A Matter of Balance is now offered in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and British Columbia, Canada.
We have trained Master Trainers from 1120 organizations in 46 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Download a list of organizations in your state that offer the A Matter of Balance Program (excel file).
A Matter of Balance is among 19 nationally recognized evidence-based programs represented by the Evidence Based Leadership Collaborative (EBLC). The mission of the EBLC is to increase delivery of evidence-based programs that improve the health and well-being of diverse populations.
Lt. Col. Russel Kirkland, 41st Flying Training Squadron commander, cuts the ribbon of a heritage painting for the T-6A Texan II on May 13, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. FAIPs instruct in the T-6, T-38C Talon, or T-1A Jayhawk. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)
The newly added First Assignment Instructor Pilot (FAIP) heritage T-6A Texan II sits on the flightline for a static display on May 13, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. The T-6 is a single-engine, two-seat primary trainer designed to train Undergraduate Pilot Training, or UPT, students in basic flying skills common to U.S. Air Force and Navy pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)
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Horse trainers as a class used to be the most secretive bunch on the planet. They made atomic spies look gregarious. The guy next door usually had no idea what they did for a living--rob banks, maybe. Or work for the CIA.
But The Wicked North really blew his cover when the great rider, Kent Desormeaux, got aboard him one morning at Del Mar. Desormeaux, who once won 598 races in a single year, knew a good horse when got on one, and he came back from his ride whistling.
A big (17 hands), powerful (1,200 pounds) son of Northern Dancer, The Wicked North could be joining an elite of the track, i.e., horses who have won the Santa Anita Handicap and the Hollywood Gold Cup in the same year. Horses such as Round Table, Affirmed, Greinton.
What happened was, he impeded the progress of a Wayne Lukas horse called My Rakalu at the three-sixteenths pole. The rules of the game called for him to be placed behind Myrakalu, who finished fourth. The Wicked North won the race by a length and a half over Stuka and Bien Bien, but they got the money. When he was dropped to fourth, the difference was more than lengths, it was money. First prize was $550,000. Fourth was $75,000. A half-million dollar mistake.
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