Sep 12, 2018 | LifeCare, Mental Health First Aid
Life Care Consultants delivering high-quality training to improve mental health in the workplace. In New Zealand, each year 1 in 5 adults will experience a mental health event, yet for many people, awareness of the problem of mental health issues is extremely low....
Sep 12, 2018 | First Aid, LifeCare
When we heard that Summitt Health in New Plymouth was looking to sell, we grabbed hold of the opportunity. There are a number of us at Life Care who are proudly Taranaki born and bred, so the acquisition of Summitt Health feels like a great fit. We saw the acquisition...
May 23, 2018 | LifeCare, Mental Health First Aid
Mental health is slowing losing its ‘elephant in the room’ status, with conversations and education helping to acknowledge this common health issue. Only this week Mike Hosking chatted on air to Child Forum chief executive Sarah Alexander about early childhood...
Apr 23, 2018 | Flu Vaccinations, LifeCare
It always feels a bit unfair to get a cold during summer – we tend to think colds, and especially the flu, are for the winter months only. But even though the temperature may be in the high 20s, we need to be thinking now about our vaccinations to help keep...
Apr 23, 2018 | LifeCare, Nutrition
Fatigue is more than feeling tired and drowsy. In a work context, it is a state of mental and/or physical exhaustion, which reduces a person’s ability to perform, and to work safely and effectively. It can occur because of prolonged mental or physical activity, sleep...
Feb 8, 2018 | Fire Safety, LifeCare
How many times have we heard of a tragic fire, given the victims our sympathy and thought ‘that would never happen to me’? I wonder how many of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire had thought ‘that would never happen to me’? In New Zealand, in a typical year,...
Feb 8, 2018 | First Aid, Health & Safety, LifeCare
I’ve been in the health and safety business for many years now and have worked with people in some of the toughest environments. Forestry, construction and meatworks, to name just a few, can be pretty dangerous places if adequate safety controls and first aid...
