Two Nonprofit Senior Living Providers Partner to Create an Innovative Wellness Initiative in Affordable Senior Housing Communities

Printed: Oct. 18, 2021 at 8:13 AM MDT|Up to date: 1 hour in the past

WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J., Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Two of New Jersey’s main nonprofit senior dwelling suppliers, Parker Well being Group, Inc. and Springpoint, have joined forces to create the Reasonably priced Housing Wellness Initiative to assist enhance the well being and well-being of older adults dwelling in 4 Springpoint reasonably priced housing communities.

The three-year initiative is designed as a pilot program that may be expanded to all 19 Springpoint reasonably priced housing communities in New Jersey and probably function a mannequin for different reasonably priced housing suppliers. This system is being managed by Springpoint, using their whole-person wellness program often known as LivWell.

The Springpoint reasonably priced housing division gives protected, snug rental flats to over 2,000 weak adults in New Jersey, ages 62 and older, who’ve restricted monetary means. In 2020, Parker and Springpoint joined forces to conduct a survey of those group residents to find out the potential want for providers and know-how to higher their high quality of life.

The survey outcomes indicated that residents have been missing entry to programming associated to their bodily and psychological well-being. The findings additionally revealed that over 40 % of residents lacked ample entry to the web, a necessary software for older adults to remain related and engaged. In all, the survey recognized a robust want for partaking social primarily based applications to assist fight isolation and melancholy, significantly among the many 80 to 89 12 months outdated age group. To deal with this want, Parker and Springpoint agreed to determine and co-fund the Reasonably priced Housing Wellness Initiative to deliver LivWell well being and wellness programming to residents within the following reasonably priced housing communities: The Gables at West Windsor, Wheaton Pointe at East Windsor, Watchung Terrace at Middlesex, and Hidden Brook at Franklin.

“We’re pleased to companion with a top quality group like Springpoint to offer revolutionary programming that can allow these residents to dwell their finest lives as they age,” says Roberto Muñiz, President and CEO of Parker Well being Group. “It demonstrates what organizations like ours can do once we work collectively to offer providers that we couldn’t do on our personal. We hope this program will function a mannequin and an inspiration for different organizations to offer supportive applications to weak elders.”

LivWell is a life enrichment program that’s working efficiently in 8 Springpoint Life Plan Communities. The award-winning program relies on a whole-person wellness mannequin that strives to combine and steadiness all dimensions of wellness: bodily, emotional, social, mental, vocational, environmental, and religious. LivWell makes use of particular person well being and well-being assessments, aim setting, and end result monitoring to assist group members make the alternatives that maintain them wholesome, engaged, and dwelling their finest life.

“The philosophy of the LivWell program is to offer a possibility to interact in experiences which assist a top quality of life, private selection, lifelong improvement, and an optimum sense of well-being,” says Anthony A. Argondizza, President and CEO of Springpoint. “Along with Parker, now we have the distinctive alternative in a group setting to not solely serve many people directly however to even have them assist one another. Via the Reasonably priced Housing Wellness Initiative, the employees and residents of those communities will work along with the last word targets of top quality of life and well-being because the cornerstones of their tradition of wellness.”

Key parts of the Reasonably priced Housing Wellness Initiative embrace evidence-based fall prevention applications, health and steadiness courses, wellness check-ins, well being training, diet applications, Complete Mind Well being courses, and stress discount applications. The Wellness Initiative encompasses a major funding in know-how, together with implementation of a digital communication platform and buy of cell tablets that can be utilized by the resident on a loaner foundation. This enhanced know-how will permit residents to entry content material and providers on-line regardless of transportation and mobility challenges.

Parker and Springpoint will gauge success of this system by way of resident surveys, program attendance, and resident suggestions. This knowledge will function a information for the purposeful design of providers and experiences as this system evolves.

About Parker Well being Group
Parker Well being Group, Inc. is a not-for-profit, New Jersey-based growing old providers group with over 100 years’ expertise that’s dedicated to empowering older Individuals. We’re a various group of over 1,000 devoted and passionate staff, caregivers, volunteers, thought leaders, researchers, educators, and companions. Our award-winning requirements and approaches have made us a pioneer of inclusive growing old providers and long-term care residences, and a nationwide thought chief on the dialog round growing old in America. Based in 1907 by Henrietta Parker, Parker has been difficult, altering, and increasing the thought of what it means to get older in America and the way all of us can make growing old a part of life. For extra data, go to parkerlife.org.

About Springpoint
Based in 1916, Springpoint is a nationally acknowledged senior dwelling supplier serving the Mid-Atlantic area. It consists of Springpoint Senior Dwelling and its 8 full-service Life Plan Communities and 19 reasonably priced housing communities. It additionally contains Springpoint at Residence, offering dwelling care and care administration providers, and Springpoint Alternative, a membership-based Persevering with Care at Residence program and the Springpoint Basis, which inspires charitable giving to assist applications that make a significant distinction within the lives of seniors. Be taught extra about Springpoint at springpointsl.org.

Press Contact: Mary Kelly, Communications Specialist, Springpoint, e-mail: mkelly@springpointsl.org Telephone: 732-430-3704. Lee Dorry, Communications Supervisor, Parker Well being Group, e-mail: ldorry@parkerlife.org Telephone: 732-565-2425

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