Health & Wellness
Quality Over Quantity….
Health & Wellness
The Health & Wellness Group focuses on increasing participants’ awareness and knowledge of medical health diagnoses that impact their lives such as hypertension, diabetes, hyper/hypothyroidism, COPD, Seizure Disorder and High Cholesterol. Participants learn signs/symptoms of their diagnoses in additions to precautions to reduce the likelihood of being negatively impacted and ways to manage diagnosis appropriately. The Medical Health group includes daily physical fitness such as group exercise, line dancing, Zumba, interactive video games, and fresh air walks that promote healthy lifestyle changes to assist with managing medical health concerns.
The Health and Wellness group integrates the cooking classes and learning the healthy options of food and how to prepare and food prep. The Nursing Staff also monitors & administers medication to participants that are prescribed mid-day medication. Nursing staff work with Outpatient Group Facilitators to develop treatment goals to increase medication awareness Participates begin to know names of their prescriptions, how their medication affects them and it purpose.
Health a wellness provides participate with the skills to develop appropriate healthy self-care skills across the board, from hygiene, physical fitness, to self-presentations.
EMPLOYMENT FORM
The Empowerment Center actively seeks to fill positions for Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) & Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP) as well as Certified Nursing Assistant and Medical Technicians. Please click the following link to access our employment application form.
INTAKE REFERRAL FORM
Please click the following link to access our intake referral page.
OUR LOCATION
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