...Developing an Organizational Employee Wellness Plan Sample Outline This outline is intended to be a starting point to guide state agencies in developing their own agency-specific wellness plan. The provided outline addresses specific points to consider in developing the agency plan, but each agency will need to add additional content to define adequately what and how each activity will be implemented in the agency. While the outline is presented in this format for ease of reading and brevity, a more narrative format is recommended to serve as the actual agency wellness plan. Additionally in some sections, such as Program Objectives and Program Content, the outline provides suggested objectives or program content for agencies to consider. In these sections, agency wellness planners may need to delete or add language to reflect agency-specific objectives and content. If you have any questions about the outline or developing your wellness plan, please contact: I. Program Purpose This voluntary program of formal and informal activities is designed to improve the health and well-being of all employees and reduce or eliminate health issues affecting employee health and work productivity. II. Program Objectives A. Primary Goal 1. The Employee Wellness Program will strive to increase the well-being and productivity of all employees by enhancing all aspects of health. The program seeks to increase awareness of positive health behaviors, to motivate employees...
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...A wellness plan is defined as an idea for getting personal wellness. Personal wellness is used for health and satisfaction in multiple ways. There are many factors involved in personal wellness, and each will play role to develop and maintain overall well-being in an individual. As everyone is well aware of that, health is better than wealth. Today in fast moving world to keep our body healthy is a big task to achieve. Now the question arise in our mind that what should be definition of complete healthy person. The answer in my mind is that health is defined as absence of any disease or impairment in a healthy person. Moreover he should cope with his all demands of daily life with an ease, balance and equilibrium that a person has established within him and ability to adjust with his social and physical environment accordingly. From that, we can say health is a form of physical exercises, bran disorder, and community well-being and not the absence of disease only. In my family there are tendencies to be...
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...Beth Zender Total Support a Comprehensive Support System for Bariatric Surgery Candidates 1 The Total Support System will provide comprehensive support through the patient’s process of choosing bariatric surgery as a choice for weight loss and a healthier lifestyle. The goal is successful support starting with the first consultation and following the patient through the process. To provide a comprehensive support program the four major components will include mental support, medical support, nutritional support and healthy life style assistance. Mental support will include personal, one on one counseling, group therapy with a psychologist and other members in the program. Nutritional support will begin with regular sessions, meeting with the nutritionist and registered dieticians. Health care or medical support will be provided by the patient’s Primary Care Physician, Bariatric Surgeon, nursing staff, surgical team and hospital staff after surgery. Office staff and local business will also lend a hand to support the patients in their community. 2 Physical activity and life style changes will be guided by Exercise Physiologists, personal trainers and community gyms. Obesity is the #1 health issue in our country today with so any Americans suffering from morbid obesity. There are multiple health risks associated with obesity that can improve with any of the surgical treatments offered where there is successful weight loss...
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...Overall, when reflecting back on the plan I have developed to improve my physical fitness, which in turn helps my mental health, it began easy with a lot of enthusiasm. However, it quickly became challenging and hard to stay excited and enthused about working out and completing a certain amount of steps daily. However, by devising this personal wellness plan and continually adding information from labs and class lectures, allowed me to formulate a plan that can be effective in the long run. With my original goal focused on completing 20-30 minutes of exercise daily, and to be more physically active by trying to reach 10,000 steps per day, made me realize I need to better spilt up my goals so it does not seem so overwhelming. However, I have...
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...MARKETING PLAN for WELLNESS PROGRAM in: FRANKLIN COUNTY (Columbus, Ohio) HSM-430 Planning and Marketing for Health Service Organizations Instructor Jason Thompson – DeVry University Submitted by: Marsha Brofford October 11, 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS GOALS 3 OBJECTIVES 3 STRATEGIES 6 PRICE 7 REFERENCES 8 GOALS With many small business owners having difficulty paying higher insurance premiums finding ways to improve the overall health of their workforce is becoming increasing important. With over 39,000 small businesses located in Franklin County Ohio (Franklin County, Ohio, 2008) keeping employees healthy is imperative to the continued growth and success of these businesses; therefore, offering wellness programs that are specifically designed to address the health and well-being of those employed by these businesses is needed. The goal of these wellness programs is to promote and assist employees in developing healthier lifestyles, create awareness surrounding wellness issues and assist small business owners in controlling cost associated with preventable illnesses such as heart disease, stroke and respiratory diseases, which are among the top five causes of death in Franklin County from 2004-2006 (Columbus Public Health Office of Assessment and Survillence, 2005). The Department of Health and Human Services reports that 75 percent of health-care costs are spent on chronic conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and adult onset diabetes...
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...Instructor: Professor Kathleen Milburn Class: HRIS- HR530 Date: December 11, 2011 Report #1 Shows the numbers and percentages of late performance evaluations for several departments within the county with late performance evaluations could cause several problems. First, they affect employee motivation when employees are waiting on evaluations to be completed for pay raises. This, in turn, may affect morale, productivity, and turn-over rates. The evaluation of employees’ job performance is an important personnel function and is critically important to the organization. Appraisals give the employees an opportunity to contemplate their performance at work. It is the time when employees look forward to a raise in the salary and a promotion. For the managers, appraisals are about reviewing the past performance of their employees and providing them with feedback along with some tips to improve. Performance appraisal is the means by which the work performance of employees is evaluated. Employee performance is assessed in terms of the quality and quantity of work he/she has put in. It is calculated in terms of the time and efforts contributed by the employees in achieving an assigned task. Reviews of employee performance taken within an organization are known as performance or employee appraisals. They aim at analyzing employee performance, identifying their potential and inabilities, in order to determine the employee training needs. They also aim at taking...
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...Wellness Recovery Action Plans are effective for adolescents who have experienced emotional difficulties from mental illnesses. Wellness recovery action plans (WRAP), is a prevention and wellness process that anyone can use because it is self-designed by the individuals that are actually using it. WRAP is used to initiate recovery, which provides ways for adolescents who are trying to overcome mental health issues and fulfill their lifelong dreams while achieving goals (Copeland, 2012). WRAP has been designed to help adolescents reduce and avoid the interfering feelings and behaviors that they have been dealing with while working to gain personal empowerment at the same time as improving their quality of life (Wilson, Hutson, & Holston, 2013)....
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...Alternate Viewpoints On Corporate Wellness Plans When it comes to the topic of healthy lifestyle habits, many might agree that these habits should be goals for every individual. Where this agreement ends, however, is when employers have ultimate control over your lifestyle habits. Many corporations are forcing employees to stop smoking, lose weight and improve their health to maintain employment and not be penalized (Cavico & Mujtaba, 2013). The authors explain that wellness plans will decrease stress, anxiety, absenteeism, and increase overall job satisfaction. While Cavico & Mujtaba do mention a few of the drawbacks, they maintain that corporate wellness plans are socially responsible and beneficial to everyone, which is incorrect. Cavico & Mujtaba assert that voluntary and incentive based programs are utilitarian in nature, therefore, a positive move for employers and employees. Voluntary and incentive based programs, however, appear not to be the intent of corporations in the future. According to the authors, in the next three to five years, 60% of corporations intend to penalize workers who do not improve their health (p. 111). This leads one to question if penalizing employees will still remain a positive move for employers and employees. While monetary penalties will impact an employee’s paycheck, employers may be forced to lose highly qualified employees at the hands of wellness plans. If wellness plans must be instituted, involuntary programs would not be...
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...Action Plan for Optimal health and Wellness Josue Ramirez SCI/163 May 23, 2013 Dr. Sara Love Action Plan for Optimal Health and Wellness To achieve optimal health and wellness we must be able to incorporate and balance the six dimensions and/or elements of health; Physical, spiritual, social, intellectual, emotional and environmental. We must change our attitudes, beliefs and our unhealthy behaviors. Change is never easy, in fact the majority it is quire difficult, taking at least five tries before succeeding in changing the unhealthy behavior (Donatelle, p. 17, 2011). Increasing society’s awareness about the effects of these elements puts us on a path to optimal health and wellness. Top Three Elements Three elements we would increase in society are physical, spiritual and environmental. Although we agreed social wellness was is important we believed that taking care of our environment would impact both our physical and spiritual elements, especially if we committed ourselves to actively cleaning up our neighborhoods and communities. As we should be exercising at five days a week for at least twenty minutes a day and eating well balanced meals, learning more about taking care of our environment would produce the knowledge of creating a healthier environment to live in. Like taking on the physical aspect of walking through our neighborhoods picking up trash or going door to door letting our neighbors know of the benefits...
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...Dimensions of Wellness |Strategies/Behaviors to address needs |Identify Team Member (including the Mentor) who bests supports or meets needs | | |Spirituality | | | | | | | |Goal: |Strategy: |Mentor will research and contact different | | | |support groups around area which will motivate | |To increase openness and sharing about|Set aside a proper time and place to pray,|compliance with abstinence of alcoholism. | |personal spiritual experiences with |meditate or personal reflection. Write | | |friends and family. |down affirmations important to you and |Mentor and psychologist will discuss techniques | | |your life, and remind your self of these |that will provide exercises which mental relax | |Increase prayer, meditation, and |constantly. |the body and mind creating opportunity for | |personal reflection in daily life and | |optimal prayer meditation and self reflection. | |accept...
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...2003 Research Quarterly ❶y❸❹ Work/Life Balance Challenges and Solutions Nancy R. Lockwood HR Content Expert y SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SHRM Research ❶y❸❹ 2003 SHRM®Research Quarterly Abstract In organizations and on the home front, the challenge of work/life balance is rising to the top of many employers’ and employees’ consciousness. In today’s fast-paced society, human resource professionals seek options to positively impact the bottom line of their companies, improve employee morale, retain employees with valuable company knowledge, and keep pace with workplace trends. This article provides human resource professionals with an historical perspective, data and possible solutions—for organizations and employees alike—to work/life balance. Three factors—global competition, personal lives/family values, and an aging workforce— present challenges that exacerbate work/life balance. This article offers the perspective that human resource professionals can assist their companies to capitalize on these factors by using work/life initiatives to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Work/Life Balance: Challenges and Solutions I n a society filled with conflicting responsibilities and commitments, work/life balance has become a predominant issue in the workplace. Three major factors contribute to the interest in, and the importance of, serious consideration of work/life balance: 1) global competition; 2) renewed interest in personal...
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...the performance management systems, discuss the advantage and disadvantage of two different job evaluations, compare and contrast compensation plans, and explain the importance of providing employee benefits plans. Each area is unique to this company and its success. Describe the general function of performance management systems. If your assigned company does not use a performance management system, would you recommend it use one? LISA Overall the success of our company in general is due to our commitment and dedication given to our employees. The company strives to ensure that every employee is given an equal opportunity, and it is our duty to embrace each employee to the fullness of their potential. The company accomplishes this task by the use of performance management systems. Performance management systems are used to sustaining and measuring an employee’s performance. These methods are the key to an organization success because an organization can assess individuals' performance and reward them appropriately. To do this successfully an organization needs to have a system that manages performance: not just for reward purposes but also to help establish what people should do to grow, and the skills they will require to achieve this (Edward Lawler, 2010). A successful performance management system includes compensation plans, and employee benefits. In the Edward Lawler simulation (2010), having a competitive compensation and benefits package is vital to an organization’s...
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...Action Plan for Optimal Health and Wellness Rodney Spear Sophia Wells Taneka Johnson SCI/163- Elements of Health and Wellness February 23, 2013 Over the course of five weeks, we have studied the components for living a healthy life. Within the components we learned were six dimensions of health, which include: physical, social, emotional, environmental, intellectual, and spiritual. Utilizing technology, the six dimensions of health were presented weekly via “Game Scape” episodes. This was an informative, engaging, and hands on program that emphasized each of the six dimensions of health through weekly challenges like a common game show of today. After viewing all five episodes in Games cape, the three elements of health and wellness we would want to increase in society are: rewards of physical fitness, nutrition and health management; preventing and treating chronic diseases; and infectious diseases and environmental effects on health. Nutrition and fitness play an intricate part in our overall health management. It is wise to develop and incorporate some type of physical activity in our daily routine for at least 30 minutes. Physical activity can include a light jog, walk, or a gym regiment that fits the needs of the goals a person has set. However, prior to beginning a workout routine you must look into the physical demands and not start to extreme if you had never worked out before. Begin at a slow to moderate pace and work yourself up to more...
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...decrease employer health related costs and loss of outputs while increasing the knowledge and buy in of employees. If employees have limited understanding of benefit programs and the programs themselves are obsolete to employee needs and current trends, the sponsoring organization is wasting financial resources and contributing to the potential decrease in employee productivity due to unmet health and wellness related needs. Martocchio (2014), discusses the responsibilities of benefit professionals as providing assistance to employees surrounding education on the various options of benefit programs as well as their need for expertise in designing and administering benefits programs. He further discusses the importance of benefit professionals remaining current on trends and innovative approaches to practices and development of benefit programs. The text additionally states that many employees have minimal understanding of the wordage and regulations attached to the components of the benefits packages. Traditional approaches to developing and marketing health and wellness benefit programs in the organizational culture can prove to be financially costly to employers and unbeneficial to employees. Traditional approaches have focused on the employee having to decipher things, read through thick packets and often times in a reactive manner due to an issue they were unable to address to due lack of clarity. Throughout this document, I will discuss alternative approaches to engaging...
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...MEMORANDUM DATE: November 29, 2010 TO: James Martin, Director of Human Resources FROM: Name, Assistant Director of Human Resources SUBJECT: Wellness Program Recommendations for Technicraft, Inc. Attached is the report on the implementation of corporate wellness programs. Due to rising health benefit costs and a rising number of health benefit claims, you requested that I investigate the implementation of corporate wellness programs as a way to reduce company costs. In order to determine whether it would be possible to improve employee health and lifestyle habits, while also cutting company costs, I analyzed the results that several companies had after launching their own wellness programs. I also considered and researched the potential disadvantages of implementing a wellness program. After a thorough investigation of all of these factors, I recommend that Technicraft, Inc. implement a corporate wellness program in order to improve employee health and productivity and reduce or stabilize company health benefit costs. I have enjoyed researching this topic and would like to meet with you to discuss my recommendation. I will call you early next week in order to schedule a meeting time or you may contact me at extension 5555. WELLNESS PROGRAM RECCOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICRAFT, INC. Prepared for James Martin, Director of Human Resources Technicraft, Inc. 4501 West 92nd Street Indianapolis, IN 46260 Prepared by Name, Assistant Director of Human...
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