Cool Family Solutions - Health and Wellness

Health and Wellness

The World Health Organization estimates that One in every Four families work-wide had a member experiencing mental illness.

Mental illness is estimated to result in 35 million workdays lost every year in Canada and low productivity related to mental illness adds significant cost to employers. - "Your Workplace Magazine September/October 2008"

“In this kind of environment, breaks matter more than ever before. A growing body of research shows that people who step away from workplace demands to rest physically, renew mentally, reconnect emotionally, and refresh spiritually are not only healthier but they are more productive and mores satisfied with both their work and their lives.

From organization’s point of view, fresh, clear thinking and innovative problem solving are much more likely to come from those who know how to relax and recharge than those who are mentally and emotionally exhausted.” "Your Workplace Magazine September/October 2008"

Preventive Measures are important in addressing the workplace factors affecting mental health. - Philip Upshall of CAMIMH.

Health and Wellness of employees is an important piece of the workplace. If employees are facing challenges of mental illness and or addictions within the family, it has a ripple effect on the workplace, e.g.: production, absenteeism, and ongoing personal health issues. Cool Family Solutions (CFS) has developed groundbreaking techniques that promise to revolutionize the mental health field by providing long-term planning for families touched by mental health problems or drug addiction.

CFS conducts detailed assessments of family dynamics, and history, tailoring programs that draw upon and build family strengths. The result: families take control of their own health, learn to live with purpose, and implement a long-term plan.

CFS is a Health and Wellness package for employers to include in the Employee Benefit Package for employees who are faced with mental health or drug addiction.

"Investing in employees and their family today will bring great return tomorrow."

As a Corporation what can we offer?

COOL FAMILY SOLUTIONS is a Visionary Company that is the Next Step for families after Short Term Therapy that compliments the programs already existing in the community.

Mona Cooley and her family have the personal experience the distress and upheaval that families encounter as a result of a loved one’s mental illness. 15 years later, the family, and her daughter accept mental illness as part of their lives yet it does not consume their daily lives or define who they are.

Join Mona in an interactive and educational session based on her personal experiences sharing:

· A snap shot of their family’s experiences with mental illness

· Learning the differences between a family feeling overwhelmed and a family feeling empowered who are experiencing mental illness

· Seven tips that can help the family change from being overwhelmed to being empowered　

Answering questions such as:

· What does recovery mean?

· How do families provide healthy support for their loved one?

· How does a caregiver take charge of your own mental health and well being?

The current economic times are very stressful. Who suffers? Employees, Families and Employers. The stress of the times are bad enough without compounding it with a crisis of a family member trying to cope with mental illness or addictions. Imagine one of your employees dealing with this and trying to keep doing what is required at work.