Health and Wellness
Wellness is a word that’s used a lot these days.
It’s a buzz word almost, and traditionally, health and wellness have been thought of as the mere absence of disease and disability. This is known as the medical model, and the problem with it is that it promotes the idea that one cannot be well while living with a disability, illness or aging.
New thinking in this area has led to the development of newer models of health and wellness.
The wellness model which people adhere to today moves beyond that traditional notion of health and wellness as the mere absence of disease and disability to the quality of life the functioning of each individual regardless of current health status, disability or age.
So, wellness is unique to each individual person. Each of us defines our own wellness. It’s hard to say, you know, you’re well or you’re not well. That’s not the way it works. It’s a unique thing based on our individual circumstances. And wellness in this view is also seen as a holistic concept. It’s looking at the whole person and not just at your blood pressure level or how much you weigh, or your age or disability.
Wellness is first and foremost a choice to assume responsibility for the quality of your life. It begins with a conscious decision to shape a healthy lifestyle. Wellness is a mindset, a predisposition to adopt a series of key principles in varied life areas that lead to high levels of well-being and life satisfaction.
That said, we’ll leave it to Charles B. Corbin of Arizona State University who gives this definition of wellness: “Wellness is a multidimensional state of being, describing the existence of positive health in an individual as exemplified by quality of life and a sense of well-being.”
Our Mission is to provide our clients dignity, respect and care options to achieve the highest quality of life at home.
- Being able to function and having the chance to do what you want to do
- Being independent, having self-determination regarding choices, opportunities, activities
- Having physical and emotional states of well being
- Not being held back by pain