Win Wellness Program

Blythedale Children's Hospital and Koh's Eat Well, Be Well program have the TOP 5 WAYS TO WIN AT WELLNESS IN 2021:

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1) Mind your mindset
The law of concentration states that whatever you persistently place your focus on will expand, grow, and influence your daily choices, behaviors and actions. You can choose to concentrate on the action steps towards your goals—even if imperfect (Growth mindset), or instead choose to focus on your failures and mistakes (Deficit mindset). Applaud your progress, not perfection.

Wellness on Wheels (WOW) is a monthly health education event provided at various City of Houston facilities. Worksites are able to request monthly WOW events as desired. The goal of this program is to raise awareness about prevention, medical conditions and lifestyle management needs amongst the City of Houston employee population. Wellness in Nutrition Program (WIN). Do Workplace Wellness Programs Save Money? Rand Corp., 2014. Return on Investment for Tobacco Cessation, Clear Way Minnesota, April 6, 2016. Win With Wellness: Attract and Retain Talent, Forbes, August 27, 2018. Employers Double Down on Financial Wellness, but Approaches Differ, SHRM, November 22, 2019. While there is controversy about wellness incentives and if they actually work, 75% of wellness programs do include incentives to encourage participation. Tips on Implementing Wellness Incentives. The goal of a wellness program is for employees to adopt and maintain a healthy lifestyle for the long run - ideally, permanently. Win Wellness, LLC is a Connecticut Domestic Limited-Liability Company filed on February 27, 2017. The company's filing status is listed as Active and its File Number is 1232912. The Registered Agent on file for this company is Lily Alice Win and is located at 576 Mountain Road Apt. E, West Hartford, CT 06117.

2) Small actions fit easily into routines
Healthy food, exercise, good sleep, relationships, and getting outdoors are the pillars of health, are relatively inexpensive, and pay huge dividends. Making small changes in these areas can have a huge impact on your physical and mental health. Break the desired habit down to such a simple action that you’ll have no excuse not to do it. Then find where it fits naturally in your current daily routine. By pairing the new behavior with something you currently do, you naturally build in a cue or reminder—i.e. I will brush my teeth right after dinner (to inhibit nighttime snacking).

3) Repetition makes permanent
Motivation gets us fired up and started, but you most likely won’t accomplish great things without discipline and repetition, which leads to lasting, autonomic habit formation. Importantly, self-discipline is also less volatile than motivation-- which tends to peak and valley along with your emotions, mood, stressors or how you feel at a certain moment. In emotional or stressful times, muscle memory always wins out so repeat your desired action until it is automatic.

4) Keep track
Milestones and achievements are reached gradually. Keeping track of the small accomplishments along the way can prevent enthusiasm from quickly fading. In addition to keeping track, reward yourself at designated times or after at completing challenges, even if completed poorly. Acknowledge and congratulate yourself for tackling the small daily actions that lead to the desired outcome, not the outcome itself.

5) Make the right choice the easy choice
Creating an environment around you that supports your goals is key to success. The fact is that it’s much easier to change our surroundings than to change ourselves-- i.e. clean out the cookie cabinet and stock up on fresh fruit if nighttime noshing is your downfall. Resisting temptations with willpower is draining and often results in self-criticism, setbacks and less progress. Instead, brainstorm all the possible challenges, barriers and triggers you might face and remove or develop solutions for them. Seek support from loved ones or professionals if needed.

These materials are provided to you by Blythedale Children’s Hospital and Kohl’s
Eat Well, Be Well Nutrition Outreach Program.
For more tips and information, please visit Eat Well, Be Well.

Kohl's Eat Well, Be Well Program

Blythedale Children's Hospital, through the generosity of Kohl’s Department Stores, is proud to offer Blythedale and Kohl's Eat Well, Be Well, an innovative outreach program designed to bring health and nutrition education to schools throughout Westchester and Putnam counties. Through this program, Blythedale staff members teach healthy eating habits to children by providing curricula, training and educational tools to school districts throughout the area. The program provides general nutrition guidelines to students, parents and school faculty. Blythedale Children's Hospital offers experts in nutrition and health-education to speak with local parenting groups, PTAs and school personnel.

The Wellness Inclusion Nursing (WIN) Program nurses serve as consultants to residential and vocational team members, families and health care providers focusing on restoring, maintaining and promoting maximal health and independence for adults and children with developmental disabilities (DD) so they can achieve the best life possible.

Introducing the Waisman WIN Distance Learning Series

The Waisman WIN (Wellness Inclusion Nursing) program is excited to announce a new series of online training opportunities for individuals around the state of Wisconsin. This series will provide expertise, training, and resources through videoconference workshops for individuals who support the overall health and wellbeing of adults and children with IDDs in their communities.

Access to resources and clinical services focused on the specialized healthcare needs of individuals with disabilities may not be available in many rural and underserved communities in Wisconsin and beyond. To meet this need, the Waisman Center aims to expand access to its specialized resources and expertise through WIN videoconference workshops.

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Who does the WIN Program serve?

WIN nurses collaborate with providers of care for individuals with disabilities and the frail elderly. This includes families, paid and non-paid caregivers, direct service workers, and health care providers. We focus on restoring, maintaining and promoting maximal health and independence for individuals so they can achieve the best life possible.

What does a WIN nurse do?

The WIN nurses provide individualized consultations with clients, support brokers and agency staff. We work together to identify and connect with community resources appropriate for individual clients including physicians, therapists and other medical specialists, home health services and hospice. WIN provides consultation for:

Nursing assessments
Training and health education to residential and vocational support staff and family
Advocacy and planning for end of life care
Coordination of hospital stays and discharges to facilitate a smooth and positive process
Healthy living
Education and advocacy to medical staff in medical setting
Working together with teams to support individuals with complex medical needs

Common Health Problems of Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Dehydration, not enough fluids
Constipation, not enough fiber and fluids
Aspiration, swallowing issues, adaptive feeding, g-tubes
Epilepsy, seizures
Weight changes, obesity, weight loss, unhealthy diet
Orthopedic problems, arthritis, osteoporosis and some genetic syndromes
Bladder and kidney problems, UTI’s, other complications
Pain
GI problems, GERD, vitamin and mineral losses
Mental health and behavioral problem
Falls, balance issues, spasticity

What consultations do WIN nurses perform?

Please make a referral to the WIN nurses when the following consultation and training is required.
WIN consultation for healthy eating, urinary health and bowel programs including procedure preparations such as bowel preps or fasting (NPO protocols)

WIN consultation for skin assessments, education on healthy skin promotion and prevention of pressure ulcers as well as, wound care assessment, treatment, monitoring and follow-up

WIN consultation to support teams for individuals with complex medical needs

WIN consultation as needed for:

mobility issues
risk assessments for falls and prevention
individuals with complex seizure disorders including development of seizure plans of care and training on rectal Diastat usage (diazepam)

Education and advocacy to medical staff at hospitals, nursing homes and clinics regarding the individualized needs of the developmentally disabled

WIN consultation to individual agencies for development of medical protocols such as bowel and seizure protocols and additional educational materials

WIN consultations related to hospitalizations:

coordination of planned hospitalizations
conducting hospital visits and attendance at hospital patient care team conferences
coordination of discharge planning from hospitalization to home, to another treatment facility and post discharge follow-up as needed

Assistance with cancer/chemotherapy treatment, staff education training and planning

WIN consultation for acute changes in an individuals’s medical conditions

WIN consultation as needed for:

tracheostomy care and oral suctioning
O2 administration
taking vital signs as needed
diabetes education, monitoring, nutrition and exercise
any medications delivered via a misty nebulizer machine, epi-pen usage and rectal or vaginal suppositories

WIN consultation and education on Universal Precautions, MRSA, C-Diff and VRE

WIN consultation and identification of adaptive equipment needs and home safety

General nursing consultation and trainings that do not fall under the MAPC guidelines

How can I refer to the WIN Program?

The WIN Program will accept referrals for individuals with developmental disabilities participating in the Dane County Supported Living Program. Referrals can be made by Care Managers, Support Brokers, Residential Support Agencies, Dane County Case Managers, families, and even the clients themselves.

Please complete a referral form and send it to us.

What if I am unsure if this person would benefit from the WIN Program?

It is as simple as calling anyone of the WIN Nurses and making what is called an inquiry. If you aren’t sure if the individual is appropriate for WIN, or if you just want direction on a specific problem or concern, just call and speak to a WIN Nurse. What types of conditions may warrant a call to WIN?

Lengthy hospitalization or nursing home stay
Changing long-term maladaptive behavior
Exacerbations of health conditions over time
Multiple hospitalizations
Complex and/or multiple medical conditions
Mental status changes including dementia
Uncontrolled and/or anyone insulin dependent should be referred to WIN
Non-healing wounds/sores
Severe Constipation
Rapid changes in weight (plus or minus)
Recurrent urinary problems
Recurrent respiratory problems

How quickly can a client receive WIN services?

WIN nurses must manage multiple complex cases at once. This involves learning about a client’s past history, and current information related to their physical and psychological well-being. It means building relationships with a client’s residential and vocational team, their support broker and primary care physician as well as with medical specialists when possible. How quickly a client is served depends on the urgency (see Criteria) and the WIN nurses schedules. On the last page of the WIN Referral form there is a direction stating:

Please check if action on this referral is:

“Urgent (within 2 -3 days)
Next week OK
Within 1 mo.”

Please check the most appropriate action time you are requesting for a WIN nurse to respond, the case will be triaged and the referral will be responded to as soon as possible. There have been times that a WIN nurse has responded in person within the same day that an urgent request has been received and triaged.

What criteria is used for triaging (determining) who is placed in a priority status?

Soon to be discharged to community from CWC, Mendota, Winnebago, Southern or Northern Center
Admission to or acute change in status to an acute care hospital (St. Mary’s, Meriter, UW-Hospital and Select Specialty) with a complicated (i.e. ICU) or possible lengthy stay including need for assistance with discharge planning needs
Nursing home admissions , possible lengthy stays and need for discharge planning
Hospice Care admissions or sudden change in status requiring consultation
Weak team support (i.e. recent turnover of staff, challenging team dynamics, poor communication and/or follow thru, etc.)
Physician lacking of awareness of client’s individualized needs
Complexity of multiple diagnoses
New diagnosis or condition with which the team is unfamiliar

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What if training and education of a client’s team is identified as needed?

In addition to training residential and vocational support staff on various issues associated with individual clients, the WIN nurses’ time is also spent developing and regularly training participants at the Waisman Outreach Center on a number of medically related topics. These are available on the Waisman Community Outreach Wisconsin (COW) website at: