Until
At the EmpowerMe Pink cancer rehabilitation foundation gala, keynote speaker Melanie Homer spoke about feeling perfectly healthy.
UNTIL a blood test changed everything.
Neil from Hato Hone St John shared a different story.
He felt fine UNTIL his blood pressure was checked at around 220/160 and he needed urgent medical attention.
And I have had my own UNTIL moment.
That’s why the prevention message in Winston Peters’ recently announced NZ First health policy caught my attention a proposed shift in emphasis from treating illness to preventing it.
It connects with what we’re saying through Auckland Skylights community health initiative “Health Begins at Home”
It’s like
having a choice to vote at the election
“The choice for you and your family’s health is in your hands to live a better life”
We were glad our company could support the EmpowerMe Pink function and the work of the Cancer Rehabilitation Foundation.
Their work helping people rebuild strength and personal resilience, through physiotherapy and mental rehabilitation, one step at a time for better outcomes, also connects with a major theme across our businesses in modular technologies helping our communities stand on there own feet.
Resilience for people, homes, businesses and communities.
For personal health, Health Begins at Home focuses on five pillars:
Diet | Exercise | Sleep | Genetic & environmental risks | Regular health checks
Know your family medical history.
Know the health indicators relevant to you.
And work with your doctor to develop a health plan tailored to you.
We can’t control everything that happens to our health like cancer.
But there are things we can know, things we can change and things we can check.
Don’t wait for your UNTIL moment to act. In sessions we have undertaken with firms, we have had young fit looking men with blood pressure readings in sessions over 150/100.
We are happy to bring the team to your workplace, h&s toolbox session at no cost.
Health Begins at Home.
Understand the risk. Prepare for it. Build resilience. Enjoy more sunsets, living a better life.
