Proactive Practices to Help Prevent Falls and Improve Quality of Life

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2026
10 a.m. - 11 a.m. ET/9 a.m. - 10 a.m. CT

Webinar

Each year, millions of people age 65 and older fall. None of us wants to fall. Rather than just reacting to falls, we must become proactive by keeping people fit, flexible, and having better balance. We need to replace the same old, institutional “interventions” with individualized approaches. Even federal regulations for nusing homes refer to proactive practices which cost no money, reduce falls, and improve the quality of living experience. We need to create a proactive culture – at home, in assisted living, in long-term care – that no longer “just” waits to react to someone who’s fallen.

From anticipating bathroom needs, to pain relief, to positioning needs, to ensuring one has personal items close at-hand, to offering meaningful engagement, everyone has the power to (help) prevent falls. We’ll explore how to move from, “I’ll wait for the fall and react” to proactively checking-in with individuals…before someone falls.

Join Carmen Bowman from Edu-catering for this webinar that will cover multiple proactive practices that cost no money, reduce falls, and improve the quality of living experience. Create a proactive culture – at home, in assisted living, nursing homes, and life plan communities– like the Florida communities with which Carmen has worked and where falls have been reduced by half…and in some cases reduced to zero.

This webinar is hosted by Florida Pioneer Network in conjunction with the Alabama Culture Change Coalition, L.E.A.D.E.R., and LeadingAge Southeast.

Presented by:
Carmen Bowman, Founder | Edu-catering

Carmen Bowman is a nationally recognized culture change consultant, coach, and trainer who helps put the focus on "living" rather than "treatment" as we age. Carmen was a Colorado state surveyor for nine years, a policy analyst with CMS Central Office where she taught the national Basic Surveyor Course and was the first certified activity professional to be a surveyor also serving on the four year panel with CMS developing the new guidance to Tags 248 Activities and 249 Qualified Activity Director. As a contractor to CMS, Carmen co-developed the Artifacts of Culture Change measurement tool, authored the background papers for and facilitated both Creating Home national symposiums. She then facilitated the Task Force that developed the new Dining Practice Standards agreed upon by twelve national clinical standard setting organizations. Recently she co-authored a paper with Dr. Judah Ronch The Power of Language to Create Culture, a new book called Eliminating Alarms and Preventing Falls by Engaging the Whole Person and facilitated the first Surplus Safety Symposium. Carmen has a Master's degree in Healthcare Systems, a Bachelor's in Social Work and German, is a Certified Eden Associate and Eden Mentor, Certified Validation Worker and Group Practitioner. She co-founded the Colorado Culture Change Coalition, and with Action Pact has authored seven culture change workbooks plus hosts a monthly web culture change talk show called Conversations with Carmen.

Contact Hours
This program is approved for 1 hour of CE credit for nursing home administrators (NHA), assisted living/adult residential care administrators, nurses, and social workers. Contact hours will be posted to CEBroker within 30 days of the program date for attendees licensed under the appropriate Florida Boards. All attendees will receive a certificate reflecting hours earned for self-reporting continuing education to other Boards.

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