Issue 316, 2011- October/November 2011
Health & Wellness
This issue includes:
The Counseling Corner discussion on feeling down in the dumps
The Healthy Pulse featuring faculty/staff flu shot participation
Recipe for chicken vegetable soup with kale
Tips on Halloween safety for children
Issue 316, 2011- October/November 2011
Critical Incident Stress Management
Work/Life Connections
Posted in
Work/Life Connections-EAP coordinates Crisis Intervention Services and Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Services for the VUMC community.
Definition: A Critical Incident is "any event which has the potential to produce unusual or distressing emotional symptoms such as an accident, injury, death, disaster, threat or act of violence, or other traumatic event at the workplace."
FMLA
Occupational Health Clinic
Instructions for employees and their supervisors on how to file FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) paperwork. Filing for FMLA allows qualified employees to take up to 12 weeks of leave for serious health conditions.
Vanderbilt Home Care Services
Work/Life Connections
Vanderbilt Home Care Services offers a variety of skilled and non-skilled services to meet the needs of the clients and their families at home or in the hospital. We provide private duty services that include nursing, home health aides, companion care and inpatient sitter services 24 hours a day.
For more information visit the Vanderbilt Home Health Care Services website or call 615-936-0336.
Signs of a Battering Personality
Work/Life Connections
If your spouse or significant other displays a combination of these behaviors, he/she may be a potential batterer:
Simple Ways to Save Money on Utility Bills
Work/Life Connections
Decide to save some money and resources.
Staying Ahead of Your Creditors
Work/Life Connections
Few stressors in life are more distressing than having creditors calling and then feeling out of control because your spending has exceeded your income. It is overwhelming! Trouble with debt cuts across all social strata from doctors, professors, lawyers to clerks and food service employees. Those who make over $100,000 annually and those who live below the poverty level may owe beyond their ability to pay their bills. Debt is debt.
Stress Busting The Holidays
Work/Life Connections
The winter holiday season is a time of stress; both good and bad. The anticipatory activity before the events can be followed by a whiplash of emotional post-holiday letdown when it is all over. The result may be feeling frazzled. Sometimes the simplest of things becomes the most precious. It is a time that we often postpone our regular self-care efforts and may over do it.
Here are some Seasonal "Stressages" (stress-busting messages) to help us cope with the festivities.
Stress Resilience
Work/Life Connections
Stress is inevitable. Whether it's triggered by an attacking lion in a pre-historic jungle or by the sales quotas of the "corporate jungle" of today, it is a fact of life. Today's stress may even be more intense and unrelenting than that felt by our ancestors.
Surviving Grief During the Holidays
Work/Life Connections
Written by
Ellen Clark, L.C.S.W.
The holiday season brings an onslaught of media messages that say that this is "the happiest, most joyful time of the year." Holiday songs convey this message. Magazine covers extol the fun of decorating, cooking, and family gatherings. Consumers are pursued relentlessly to buy, buy, buy, and get that perfect gift. The holiday bar is set high. So why is it that many people find the holidays stressful, lonely, sad, and depressing?