Enhancing Employee Health & Wellness Beyond the Workplace
Many corporate health and wellness programs focus primarily on supporting employees' attempts to achieve their health goals and adopt healthier lifestyles. These initiatives are often centered around improving the quality of life during work hours and within the workplace itself. However, companies are increasingly recognizing the importance of a healthy and hazard-free home environment in contributing to overall employee wellness.
Holistic Health Starts At Home & Affects The Workplace
Employee incentive and wellness programs are constantly evolving. Total wellness should be a holistic process that starts and ends at home. A healthy home can help to prevent disease, support wellness goals and reduce serious injuries. Because so much of our lives is spent in the workplace, it is important to take a comprehensive approach to your employees’ wellness.
3 Reasons to Use Healthy Incentives for Medicaid Enrollees
Do you use your health plan as a trusted advisor to guide your healthy lifestyle initiatives? If you do, you’re not alone. Health plan enrollees, especially those enrolled in public health plans like Medicaid, look for guidance and incentive reinforcement on how to live a healthy lifestyle. This interaction is crucial as it not only encourages healthy behavior but also helps reduce overall plan costs.
Employee Wellness Starts at Home
Corporate health & wellness programs focus on supporting employees in their attempts to reach health goals or to live a healthier lifestyle, but the majority of efforts are spent on improving the lives of employees during their workday and in the workplace: healthy lunch options, bike commutes, office gyms, etc. But companies are starting to look beyond the workplace to employee homes and the role that a healthy, hazard free home plays in their overall health and wellness. With most employees spending more than half of their lives in their homes, encouraging them to create and maintain healthy living spaces is becoming a hot topic.
Employee Mental Health and Wellness
Employee health and wellness is a huge topic amongst employers, employees, health insurance companies and wellness program brokers. But what about employee mental health and wellness? By 2030 the world will lose 12 billion work days to depression and anxiety disorders. That’s a huge number. So what can we do to mitigate this type of employee absenteeism? Normalize discussions about mental health and make treatment options available and affordable to employees who need assistance.
