CORPORATE WELLNESS SERVICES
Sally’s Healthy Living provides a variety of stress reduction and weight loss services, including, seminars, workshops and lunch and learns. Because every work culture is different, each program is tailored to the specific client. A program for nurses, for instance, will differ from that of engineers.
My approach uses personal experience and professional training to spark audience participation while providing facts and humor for effectively learning lifestyle changes.
WHY WELLNESS PROGRAMS? THEY SAVE MONEY:
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration declared stress a hazard of the workplace. Stress costs American industry more than $300 billion annually.
- STRESS REDUCTION MEANS FEWER DOCTOR VISITS: 75 percent to 90 percent of all doctors’ office visits are for stress-related ailments.
- IMPROVED DAY-TO-DAY EMPLOYEE HEALTH: Stress contributes to headaches, high blood pressure, asthma, digestive problems, insomnia, autoimmune problems, the list is very long.
- FEWER LOST WORK DAYS: In 2001, the median number of days away from work as a result of anxiety, stress, and related disorders was 25 – substantially greater than the median of 6 for all nonfatal injury and illness cases (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2001).
- DECREASED HEALTH CARE COSTS, healthcare expenditures for employees with high levels of stress were 46% higher than those for employees who did not have high levels of stress (Goetzel et al., 1998).
- OBESITY IS EXPENSIVE: Medical expenses for obese employees are estimated to be 42% higher than for a person with a healthy weight. (CDC)
DATA FROM RECENT STUDIES SHOWS REAL RESULTS:
A review of 32 studies of corporate wellness programs found claims costs were reduced by 27.8%. (Sarasota Living Well Employee Health and Benefits)
- A review of 32 studies of corporate wellness programs found claims costs were reduced by 27.8%.
- Physician visits declined by 16.5%.
- Hospital admissions declined by 62.5%.
- Disability costs reduced by 34.4%.
- Incidence of injury declined by 24.8%.
CDC PROMOTES WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMS:
Workplace obesity prevention programs can be an effective way for employers to reduce obesity and lower their health care costs, lower absenteeism and increase employee productivity.
RELATED PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS/CERTIFICATIONS
- BS (Environmental Design), BSN (Nursing), MS (Health Care Administration)
- Certified Wellness Coach by Spencer Institute.
- Holistic Stress Management Certification (pending) with Brian Luke Seaward, PhD
- Food For Thought: How Nutrients Affect Mental Health and the Brain with Nick R.S. Hall, PhD
- Stress and Disease with Nick R.S. Hall, PhD
- WELCOA: Well Workplace University: The Art And Science Of Changing Unhealthy Behaviors
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