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News Release Tips and Template

Download the PDF below for tips on how to engage the media during Fall Prevention Month. The document includes an example news release and links to previous articles that you can draw from when creating your own media releases.  

Download news release tips 

Use the news release template below to create a news release of your own.

Download news release template 

Example Articles for Use

You can draw from the below articles when writing your own Fall Prevention Month promotional articles or use these articles in full as needed.

View article  NEW  Your Choices, Your Chances – Balancing alcohol and substance use with fall risk

While seniors may or may not use alcohol and other substances, decisions and choices are best made with up-to-date information

View article  NEW  Safe Winter Walking in Canada

Practical safety tips to help long time and newly arrived people to Canada  before, during and after the walk to avoid slips, trips and falls during the winter months.

View article  UPDATED Holiday Gifts with Love and Safety

Ideas for presents for all ages and great suggestions for those who are hard to buy for, for the general household and beyond.

View article  Water and Heat: Less common risks for fall-related injuries

Less commonly known risky situations that can lead to a fall: being near water and experiencing extreme heat.

View article  Can lack of oral care increase your risk of a fall-related injury?

A look at the link between oral care and fall-related injury.

View article  A Tale of Two Men and Their Teeth

A personal story highlighting the importance of oral care awareness and affordability for adequate nutrition and good overall health to prevent falls.

View article  Caregivers: Does your loved one need a gait aid?  

Helpful ideas about what to look for and how to help. 

 View article  We want to rock, not roll: maybe with a little help  

Guidance for when a gait aid is needed and how to use it.

View article  Loop Communication Platform and Fall Prevention November 2021  

A generic article you can use to promote Loop and the 2021 Fall Prevention Month campaign. As seen in the November 2021 Issue of Hospital News (page 52).

View article  Fear of Falling 

Tips to manage and overcome the fear of falling.

View article  Stepping Together to Prevent Falls and Fractures  

Tips to prevent both falls and osteoporosis. November is also Osteoporosis Month, so both organizations have teamed together to share information and resources. Osteoporosis can make the outcome of a fall much worse.

View article  Avoiding Hazardous Falls 

Tips to share with older adults to help avoid injuries from falls.

View article  Grandparents and Kids - Fun and Safety

Intergenerational tips to help both grandparents and grandchildren to have fun together, stressing how to decrease avoidable risk factors.

View article  Health Care Worker Resources 

Places to find helpful information and resources for health care workers.

View article  What We All Can Do 

Ideas for Fall Prevention Month participation within the whole community.

 

Please contact Marguerite Thomas for further information on these articles or new requests for articles. You may also contact her for Word document versions of the 'Fear of Falling' and 'We want to rock, not roll' articles.