Whole-Person Wellness Workshop for Organizational Leaders

Tucson, AZ, December 02, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging, in collaboration with Whole-Person Wellness Solutions, Inc., will offer an in-depth wellness workshop at the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort, February 23–25, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona.

This three-day workshop titled Advancing Whole-Person Wellness: The Foundation & The Future, will present tools and guidance for developing whole-person wellness strategies as an organizational and cultural philosophy. Sessions and activities will cover:
· Whole-person wellness concepts and theories
· Research support for adopting whole-person wellness as an organizational approach
· Desired outcomes from an individual, organizational, and community perspective
· Developing an appropriate business model for an organization based on whole-person wellness concepts
· Evaluating and assessing both individual and organizational wellness effectively

The workshop will be beneficial for senior living professionals, senior service providers, senior living vendors, home health & hospital professionals, health educators, human resources professionals, and strategic leaders of organizations that are looking to develop wellness as a culture. Registration deadline is February 4, 2011 and the workshop fee is $550 per attendee.

For more information about the wellness workshop, and to register, visit www.matherlifeways.com/wellnessworkshop. Questions may be directed to Reed Engel, Director of Wellness Strategies at Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging at rengel@matherlifeways.com or (847) 492.6814 or Jan Montague, President of Whole-Person Wellness Solutions, Inc. at jan.montague@wpws.net or (513) 247.1335.

About Mather LifeWays
Based in Evanston, Illinois, Mather LifeWays enhances the lives of older adults by creating Ways to Age WellSM. Founded in 1941 by entrepreneur and humanitarian Alonzo Mather, Mather LifeWays is an unique not-for-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated to providing a continuum of living and care; making neighborhoods better places for older adults to live, work, learn, contribute and play; and identifying, implementing and sharing best practices for wellness, workforce issues, memory care support and empowering caregivers. To learn more about our senior residences, cafes, community initiatives and Institute on Aging, call 847.492.7500 or visit www.matherlifeways.com online.

About Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging
Based in Evanston, Illinois, Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging is one of three areas of focus of Mather LifeWays, a unique, non-denominational, not-for-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of older adults through lifestyle and residential alternatives that create Ways to Age WellSM. The Institute conducts research and provides education for health professionals serving older adults. Initiatives focus on whole-person wellness related to older adults and staff in senior living and community-based settings; positive psychology/positive aging; person-centered care, effective memory support, empowering family caregivers, and dementia-specific quality of life assessment tools; emergency preparedness; and reducing workforce turnover rates. To learn more about Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging, or Mather LifeWays senior residences and community initiatives, please call (847) 492.7500 visit www.matherlifeways.com online.

About Whole-Person Wellness Solutions, Inc.
Whole-Person Wellness Solutions, Inc, a subsidiary of Life Enriching Communities, advances whole-person wellness strategies, processes and outcomes through consulting, training, and management services to the senior living and older adult services industries nationwide.

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