Thank you for bringing Falls Free® Wisconsin (FFWI) to your community!
Here you’ll find ways to promote Falls Free Wisconsin and raise awareness of falls prevention. Find template press releases, letters to the editor, newsletter articles, social media graphics and suggested text, and more! Use and customize these materials to help us promote FallsFreeWI.org statewide and highlight the work you are doing in falls prevention locally.
Be creative! Add the logo and QR code to existing documents and use the social media graphics in newsletters and email blasts or print them off and post them at community programs. Invite your local media to falls prevention events, put the videos on waiting room TVs, or use the talking points on your local radio station. We appreciate your help in spreading the word about FFWI and supporting falls prevention awareness!
New resources are added frequently. Don’t see something that would be helpful in your awareness raising efforts? Have examples of work that you’ve done? Reach out! We may be able to provide additional resources upon request and we’d love to showcase what you’ve done locally. Contact falls@wihealthyaging.org.
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Falls Prevention Awareness Month Resources
Participating in Falls Prevention Awareness Month (FPAM)? Visit our Events Calendar to see events happening across Wisconsin and be sure to submit your event!
Placemat Contest
We are excited to share the winners of the first FPAM Placemat Contest! The top 3 winning placemats were submitted by: Paula Clark, Robert Best, and Amy Staniforth. Thank you all to participants for your unique, creative designs and judges for a successful contest. Use the placemats in your local communities at meal sites, restaurants, diners, hospital cafeterias, events, etc. Edit the PDF to add your logo and local information using Adobe or another tool.
Year-Round Resources
Audio Files: share with local radio stations or podcasters
Videos: post these ads on your social media, website or on TVs in waiting rooms
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FFWI Logo
Use in your newsletter article, local falls prevention resources, add to your website and social media and more! (Or with transparent background)
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QR Code
Use this QR code that goes to fallsfreewi.org in your newsletter article, local falls prevention resources, add to your website and social media and more!
Falls prevention toolkits developed by partner organizations
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NCOA Falls Prevention Awareness Month Toolkit
The National Council on Aging has a wide variety of resources including flyers, infographics, social media graphics, videos and other materials to support falls prevention locally.
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Concussion Awareness Now Campaign Falls are the leading cause of concussions. Concussion Awareness Now is a coalition of nearly 20 advocacy groups, including the National Council on Aging (NCOA), that is raising awareness about the importance of diagnosis and treatment for concussions.
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CDC Still Going Strong Injury Prevention Campaign Resources
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Still Going Strong campaign speaks directly to older adults, age 65 and older, and their caregivers to raise awareness about preventable injuries among older adults.
There are a variety of resources including social media graphics, print ads/flyers, videos and other tools for falls prevention.
Videos
AARP WI and WIHA teamed up to produce a series of videos discussing the factors that can lead to a fall and steps people take to avoid a fall.
AARP WI’s Amber Miller and Dr. Ann O’Rourke, MD, MPH, FACS – Adult Trauma Medical Director, Associate Professor of Surgery, UW School of Medicine and Public Health discuss the topic of assessing falls risk and falls interventions. (9.02 minutes)
Check out this conversation between AARP’s Amber Miller and occupational therapist Valeree Lecey on removing falls hazards in your home. (13.54 minutes)
AARP’s Amber Miller and Kristi Hallisy, PT, DSc – Associate Professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at the UW-School of Medicine & Public Health discuss and demonstrate balance and strength exercises that can help you avoid a fall. (13:22 minutes)
AARP’s Amber Miller and Tabarius Smith, PharmD., pharmacy manager at Walgreens in Glendale, WI discuss the impact prescription and over-the-counter medications can have on your falls risk. (6:14 minutes)
AARP’s Amber Miller talks with Jean Kalscheur of the Wisconsin Council of the Blind about the relationship between low vision and falls and what people can do to prevent a fall. (16:01 minutes)
The Brown County Falls Prevention Partnership shared the following three videos featuring health care and public safety professionals discussing falls.