Free healthy aging clinic in Millersburg offers senior screenings June 10

Older adults in Holmes County will have a free chance to check several health concerns in one stop when the Healthy Aging Clinic comes to Millersburg on June 10. The clinic will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Martin’s Creek Mennonite Church, 6111 County Road 203, and is intended for residents age 60 and older.

The clinic will offer screenings tied to fall risk, hearing, vision and medications. That mix makes the event more than a basic information session. It is a practical preventive-care visit for seniors and caregivers who may otherwise be trying to fit multiple appointments into crowded schedules across the county.

The timing matters because falls remain a major threat for older adults. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than one in four adults age 65 and older fall each year, and falls are the leading cause of injury death for that age group. The CDC also says about 37% of older adults who fall report an injury that requires medical treatment or at least one day of restricted activity.

Prevention is the point. The National Institute on Aging says many falls can be avoided, and it points to medication management, vision checks, exercise and making homes safer as key steps. The Millersburg clinic is built around those same concerns by offering checks that can flag problems before they turn into a fall, a hospital visit or a longer recovery at home.

The Falls Prevention Program of Holmes & Wayne is hosting the clinic under the direction of the Holmes County General Health District. Kerry MacQueen, who has been associated with county fall-prevention work and Ohio Department of Aging programming, has also appeared in statewide fall-prevention efforts through STEADY U Ohio. That local connection suggests the June 10 clinic is part of an ongoing public-health push, not a one-time event.

Holmes County has used Healthy Aging Clinic-style screenings before. A March 2025 clinic in Holmesville offered free fall-risk, balance, hearing and vision screenings, showing the county has already leaned on familiar community spaces for this kind of outreach. With Martin’s Creek Mennonite Church serving as the venue this time, the June 10 clinic extends that same model to Millersburg and the surrounding towns where older adults and their families often have the most to gain from a simple, low-pressure checkup.