During Falls Prevention Awareness Week, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with the Michigan Falls Prevention Coalition, GetSetUp and the National Council on Aging to promote online tools designed to help older adults reduce their risk of falls, one of the greatest causes of serious injuries and death among people older than age 65.

As part of this effort, an online falls risk assessment is being made available at no cost to individuals across the country. Michiganders are encouraged to go to NCOA’s Falls Free CheckUp — https://www.ncoa.org/tools/falls-free-checkup/ — to complete a short survey that screens for the most common fall risk factors, the MDHHS advised in a news release.

“MDHHS has a strong history of helping older residents across the state,” s

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