Friday, September 14, 2018
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Find out how your company can receive free tools, resources and technical assistance to help assess, plan and implement a workplace wellness plan custom-designed for your location. Check out
www.mspwellness.com
for more information.
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It's Healthy Aging Month! In this update, we are discussing how you can incorporate healthy aging in the workplace. This doesn't just include our own aging, but also the aging of our family members that we care for, such as our parents. Read on to learn more and find some great resources.
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Ten Tips for Healthy Aging
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There are a lot of ways that you can stay healthy as you age. One of the most important ways is by staying active. Check out these 10 tips for healthy aging that help you to take charge of your health at home and in the workplace.
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Services To Help Employees Manage Parents' Caregiving
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As anyone with an elderly parent who needs care knows, finding and managing the right care can be stressful, agonizing and time-consuming. That’s especially true if you have a full-time job. While not all employers offer any services for caregivers, that is slowly changing. Learn more about this change and what resources there are from Forbes.
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Featured Workplace Wellness Resources
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The Minnesota Board on Aging (MBA) is the gateway to services for Minnesota seniors and their families. MBA listens to senior concerns, researches for solutions, and proposes policy to address senior needs. In addition, MBA administer funds from the Older Americans Act that provide a spectrum of services to seniors, including Senior LinkAge Line®, Insurance Counseling and more.
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ACT’s Dementia Friendly Businesses tips and best practices handout provides an overview of dementia, Alzheimer’s 10 warning signs and tips for interacting with customers with dementia. Handout covers ways a business can support employees caring for someone with dementia and how to create a dementia friendly physical space.
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Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging - A Matter of Balance Program
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Participants in A Matter of Balance programs, an eight week workshop for two hours per week, set realistic goals to increase physical activity, discuss common concerns and share solutions. They examine and change their environment to reduce fall risk and they learn simple exercises to increase strength and balance
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How Employers Can Support Working Caregivers
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As more employees remain in the labor force and their parents live longer, businesses have begun stepping up to help overwhelmed workers better balance their professional and family responsibilities. Companies are finding eldercare help to be timely “insurance,” because both employers and employees benefit when workers have options that make caregiving more manageable. Learn more about how you can support your working caregivers from AARP.
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Did You Know?
When it comes to health, there is no 'typical' older person. Biological aging is only loosely associated with person age in years. Some 80 year-olds have physical and mental capacities similar to many 20 year-olds. Other people experience declines in physical and mental capacities at much younger ages.
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A great reminder to be active, which in turn can help you to stay healthy, is by finding alternative ways to get to work other than driving.
Downtown Minneapolis commuters will celebrate World Car-Free Day on Friday, September 21st by leaving their cars at home. Instead of driving alone, participants can commute via transit or by biking, walking, or teleworking.
Commuters who share their World Car-Free Day story at
MoveMinneapolis.org
are entered in a drawing to win a Bianchi bike from One on One Bicycle Studio, or a Dutch Gazelle city bike from Amsterdam.
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mspWellness is the result of a partnership between the Minneapolis Regional Chamber (MRC) and the Minneapolis Health Department (MHD). MRC and MHD are working together to assist business members create healthier work environments.
This partnership is made possible by the Minnesota Department of Health’s Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) and Community Wellness Grant, funding that serves as a powerful catalyst for creating healthier communities. Through SHIP, the Minneapolis Health Department partners with schools, neighborhoods, worksites, and clinics to make sustainable community driven changes that help everyone eat healthy, be active, and live tobacco free.
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