The Elmwood Place WeTHRIVE!℠ team has a passion for harm reduction. In less than a year, they’ve taken action to address drug overdoses and substance use disorder in their community with compassion and understanding. Read on to see how their efforts evolved as they work to reduce the stigma and empower residents to look out for one another.
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May is Older Americans Month – a perfect time to highlight how WeTHRIVE!℠ community teams help residents THRIVE at any age. By offering fall prevention programs, teams tackle critical health and safety concerns. Just as important, the programs foster social connection, addressing the public health crisis of loneliness and isolation.
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Woodlawn Fire Dept doesn’t want to only see residents on their worst days, at a fire or emergency.
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The Delhi Township Fire Department takes the community risk reduction model a step further with Delhi CARES program.
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When Colerain Township invited senior citizens to a Fall Prevention 101 class, most of those who attended reported falling in the past. This wasn’t surprising. Colerain’s rate of falls per 100,000 residents is higher than the county average.
Read morePassage of a new pedestrian safety resolution marks a cultural shift in how Amberley Village (a WeTHRIVE! community) views its streets. “The resolution ensures that whenever a street or road improvement project is undertaken, there will be an evaluation of safety features from a pedestrian point of view,” said Natalie Wolf, Amberley’s vice mayor and…
Read moreWhen the Forest Park Fire Department responded to four infant sleeping deaths over a three-month span, all in the same apartment complex, Captain Tom Jackson felt that something had to be done. “The department has always done a lot of education about smoke detectors and in the schools,” said Jackson. “These things…
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