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October 2024

Ah, fall. When leaves change colour and fall to the ground. Days become shorter as daylight dwindles. Weather goes back and forth between warm and nippy, the chilly days become more common.

Read on for tips on how to take care of your home, vehicle, and mental health this fall.

In This Issue: October 2024 Health and Safety Bulletin

  • Fall Preparedness
  • Taking Care of Mental Health

Observances/Awareness:

Month:

ADHD; Breast Cancer; Children's Vision; SIDS; Mark it Read for Dyslexia; Occupational Therapy; Global Diversity; Rett Syndrome; Menopause

Days/Weeks:

HPV Prevention Week: 1 to 7

National Breastfeeding Week: 1 to 7

Rosh Hashana: 3

World Space Week: 4-10

World Meningitis Day: 5

World Cerebral Palsy Day: 6

Mental Illness Awareness Week: 6-12

World PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day: 9

National Children's Hospice Palliative Care Day: 10

World Sight & World Mental Health Day: 10

Yom Kippur & World Arthritis Day: 12

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day: 12

Bone & Joint Health National Action Week: 12-18

Disaster Reduction & World Thrombosis Day:13

RSV & Medical Device Reprocessing Week:13 to 19

Thanksgiving (STAT): 14

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day: 15

Invisible Disabilities Week: 20 to 26

World Spine Day: 16

National Pharmacy Technicians Day: 15

Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy Action Day: 18

Purple Thursday & National Psoriatic Arthritis Day: 19

International Stuttering Awareness Day: 22

Respiratory Therapy Week: 20 to 26

Brain Cancer Awareness Day: 24

World Amyloidosis Day: 26

World Psoriasis Day: 29

Diwali, Halloween, & Samhain: 31