In The Press
World News Tonight (ABC)
Celeste demonstrates some workout techniques on ABC's World News Tonight, on a segment about how seniors can protect themselves from falls.
A follow-up piece gives Celeste more time to get into the details, with the help of Mildred and Martin:
Good Morning America (ABC)
Watch Julie and Celeste on ABC's Good Morning America. (An advertisement plays before the video.)
NBC New York
NBC New York featured FallStop… Move Strong™ — watch the clip here:
Health Watch (CBS News)
Watch CBS News's Health Watch feature piece on FallStop… Move Strong:
Living Today on Martha Stewart Living Radio
Mario Bosquez, host of Living Today, spent half an hour on his show talking with Julie and Celeste about FallStop, sharing safety suggestions, answering callers' questions, and discussing some of the history of the FallStop program.
We are Free Enterprise
We were finalists in the US Chamber of Commerce's nationwide "I am Free Enterprise" contest.
Touro Links
The FallStop… Move Strong program was recently written up in Touro Links.
Touro OT Professor and Former Dancer Partner on Fall Prevention Class for Elderly
With the baby boomer generation nearing senior citizenship, falls among the elderly are quickly becoming a mounting public health crisis in the U.S. Falls are the leading cause of injury deaths among people over 65, accounting for approximately 13,000 deaths and 1.8 million emergency room visits a year. An older adult falls every 18 seconds and an elderly person dies of complications caused by a fall every 35 minutes.
OT Practice
OT Practice, the American Occupational Therapy Association's trade magazine, did a feature piece on FallStop's fall prevention program:
Joy in Motion
An OT practitioner teams up with a fitness instructor to develop a community-based program in fall prevention and education.
First, it was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, then newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, followed by quite a few other notable women—for a while, taking a tumble seemed to be the injury du jour. But like many trends—leg warmers, pet rocks, mosh pit dancing— falling down is one that people would do best to stay away from.