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Wellness Challenge Update

Tue, July 5, 2016 Published by

Picture1Did you miss picking up your Chug-A-Jug Wellness Challenge tracking sheet at our last All Staff? There’s still time! Swing by the HR office and start tracking now.

All you have to do is mark off a bottle each day you drink at least 64 ounces of water and mark off a dumbbell each day you exercise for 30 minutes. The goal is to encourage healthier habits by decreasing the number of sugar-sweetened beverages consumed and replacing them with water while also encouraging exercise.

The challenge ends on July 21st so get to tracking!

cigna-logo-ogGrand prize is four tickets plus a parking pass to Wet N’ Wild Phoenix Water Park!

 

 

Wellness Challenge

Mon, June 20, 2016 Published by

Did you miss picking up your Chug-A-Jug Wellness Challenge tracking sheet at our last All Staff? There’s still time! Swing by the HR office and start tracking now.

All you have to do is mark off a bottle each day you drink at least 64 ounces of water and mark off a dumbbell each day you exercise for 30 minutes. The goal is to encourage healthier habits by decreasing the number of sugar-sweetened beverages consumed and replacing them with water while also encouraging exercise.

The challenge ends on July 21st so get to tracking!

Grand prize is four tickets plus a parking pass to Wet N’ Wild Phoenix Water Park!

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Physical Activity Wellness Challenge Continues

Wed, April 6, 2016 Published by

Congratulations to Lynette Miller (Accounting) who was the Week 1 winner of the Campus Fitness Club Annual Membership/Renewal and also to Ashley Black (Accounting) who was the Week 2 winner of the towel and water bottle combo package.

Reminder: Turn in your physical activity tracking sheet every Monday to HR.  A Week 3 winner will be drawn Tuesday, April 19th for a pair of primo sports headphones!

All staff members are encouraged to participate.  Every week is a new week and you participate any week or every week.

For a list of the weekly prizes and another copy of the tracking sheet, please see attached or check out the bulletin boards by the time clocks!

Physical Activity Prizes and Tracking 2016

Influenza is Widespread in Arizona

Tue, March 29, 2016 Published by

Have you been feeling under the weather lately? If so, you are not alone. The Arizona Department of Health Services has indicated that the geographic spread of influenza activity currently in Arizona is “Widespread” which is the highest level that is reported to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) weekly. In comparison to last year, we only achieved a regional spread of influenza in 2014-2015.

Most recently we have heard from the local hospitals that they are inundated with patients exhibiting flu and pneumonia like symptoms with the majority of the Influenza viruses testing positive for Influenza A (H1N1). The CDC reported preliminary overall influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) of 59 percent so far at last report in February.

Below are excerpts from an article published on the American Heart Association’s website about flu and pneumonia prevention last updated on December 3, 2015.

“The flu can leave most people sick for a few days, but it can be a much more serious ordeal if you have heart disease or have had a stroke.

In fact, the flu can cause complications, including bacterial pneumonia, or the worsening of chronic heart problems.

Pneumonia is a lung infection that prevents your lungs from getting enough oxygen into the blood, creating a strain on the heart. It can also increase risks for stroke patients.

‘It’s more stress on your heart. It has to work harder to pump blood through your lungs,’ said Donna Arnett, Ph.D., Chair and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a past president of the American Heart Association.

Because of potential complications, which can sometimes lead to death when a patient is already sick, it becomes even more important to avoid the flu if you have heart disease and as you get older, Dr. Arnett said.

Flu Season Starts in the Fall

Flu season begins in October and typically runs until early to mid-spring. Though many people confuse colds and upper-respiratory infections with the flu, when you have the real flu its symptoms are usually more severe, Dr. Arnett said.

The flu can strike suddenly and can cause fever, chills, cough, sore throat, a runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches and fatigue. Vomiting and diarrhea associated with the flu is more common in children.

A yearly flu shot can help guard against the contagious illness, which is caused by influenza viruses. Flu vaccines are created to combat the strains of flu expected to be circulating in a given year.
Heart and stroke patients should also be immunized against pneumonia unless they’ve experienced a bad reaction or allergy to the vaccine, Dr. Arnett said. Re-vaccination should be discussed with your doctor and will depend on the person’s age, the type of vaccine used and prior vaccination history.

A scientific advisory by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology has recommended an annual flu vaccine in injection form for cardiovascular disease patients ‘with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease’.

‘It’s a very safe vaccine,’ Dr. Arnett said, adding that adverse reactions are rare. Occasionally there is soreness in the spot where the shot is given.

People develop some immunity to the flu a week after getting vaccinated, though two weeks is when immunity is most likely to kick in for the majority of people, and at four weeks the response to the vaccine generally peaks. You can get the flu vaccine in September before flu season hits and even months into the season.

Basic Preventive Steps

There are other precautions you can take to avoid the flu. ‘It’s important to stay away from people who are sick. It seems like an obvious thing, but I think it’s one we forget about,’ Dr. Arnett said.
If you haven’t been vaccinated, stay out of crowds, particularly if the flu is spreading through your community, she said. Washing hands frequently is also a good practice, along with keeping your hands away from your face.

If you do suspect you’ve been stricken with the flu, get to your physician early, Dr. Arnett said. If it’s confirmed that your illness is the flu, an oral antiviral treatment can help reduce the duration of the sickness.

It is important to remember that keeping your hands clean through hand hygiene is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. Many diseases and conditions are spread by not washing hands with soap and water. If soap and water are unavailable, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol to clean hands. Also, if you are experiencing flu-like symptoms, please contact your physician and try to stay away from others to stop the spread. If you have not yet received your flu or pneumovax shot, please contact your physician to see if one may be a good idea for you. *

Success Matters!

Mon, February 2, 2015 Published by

It started 50 years ago when a new community opened its doors promising the highest quality of life and opportunity for successful aging. Until those doors opened, the chances for truly successful living, in what were mostly “nursing homes,” were close to none. They were simply a place to exist day in and day out with no real belief in lifestyle choices and options that can strengthen physical and mental outlooks.
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What the founders of this new community knew was that offering only day to day existence was beyond an insult because learning, living and growing takes place all the days of our lives no matter what level of physical or mental capability. Fifty years later, Beatitudes Campus continues its mission of offering its residents, at every level in its community, the opportunity to access the highest quality of life and success each day and to embrace those tools that will help create it. And just like fifty years ago, it is our mission to continue to discover new and innovative ways to achieve success for every resident whom we have the honor to serve.

At Beatitudes Campus, success matters – your success matters! No one can force success on another. But we know that if we can offer our residents the insights, tools and programs, that for what others are convinced is inevitable when it comes to aging, our residents can redefine and thrive instead.

What does success look like? It might look like waking up one day realizing that getting out of bed and standing is getting harder and harder – and then going to the Fitness Center and looking for new ways to strengthen those legs and keep them lifting you for years to come. It might look like realizing that your sense of balance is changing – and then instead of waiting for “the fall”, checking with your doctor and taking Fall Prevention classes and balance exercises all aimed at keeping you upright for all those times you want to be. It might look like observing that you have been staying home and even ordering dinner in not only getting out less but socializing less becoming the recipe for depression – and then pushing yourself into the Bistro or Buckwald’s and joining in some activities. By the way, it is not too late to register for a Lifelong Learning class. And it might look like awakening to the fact that days are feeling more sad than happy, and motivation to do anything is slipping away – and then talking to your doctor or pharmacist about medicines that might be causing those feelings – or seeing our excellent counselor in the Wellness Center – or talking to our Chaplains – or pushing yourself back out and surrounding yourself with friends to expose you to some of the most inspiring people right here in your midst. The fact is doing all of the above is part of a recipe for success that you can start cooking up any day you choose. It is the beginning of successful living.

Success matters – your success matters. That is why we are still discovering new ingredients and cooking up new ways to do all we can to be a part of your success. In the next few months, be watching for Resident Services to unveil what we think has been a missing ingredient to our being able to offer you a complete recipe for your mind, body and spirit’s success. We think we have found it and we can’t wait for you to have a taste. Success matters, your success matters at Beatitudes Campus.

Fifty years later this campus is still dedicated to your learning, living and growing – your success – and if you dare to embrace success it is yours. And fifty years later we are still researching and dreaming up innovative approaches and tools to offer, so as to have the greatest potential for achieving the most success at every level. That’s success.

Stay tuned and remember: Your Success Matters to us.