Healthy @ Work, Happy @ Home
Healthy 
Work, Happy Home
Comcare wants all working Australians to know just how important the relationship is between work and health. And we want to help you start making the changes needed to achieve it.
Health, safety and wellbeing are vital concerns of working people, their families and communities. More and more workplaces are recognising how important these things are to the productivity and sustainability of their organisations.
To highlight this important issue, Comcare launched the Healthy@Work, Happy@Home campaign, which ran throughout the month of October 2010.
We encouraged everyone to get involved by using the site to take part in online learning sessions, and to find out why being Healthy@Work, Happy@Home is so important.
Health Facts
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Job quality, employee health and an employee’s ability to perform productively at work, are closely linked. (Professor Sir Michael Marmot)
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One in 10 people in Australia used equipment or an aid to help them cope with their condition or manage with their everyday life.
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One in five Australians have a mental illness. (ABS 2008)
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Chronic disease is the leading cause of disability in the community. (PwC 2010)
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Smoking is responsible for over 7% of the total burden of disease in Australia.
Comcare Activities
Financial health and wellbeing seminar - 25/11/2010
During October and November, Comcare employees in the Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane offices attended financial health and wellbeing sessions with a financial advisor.
Self care strategies and resilience - 19/11/2010
On Wednesday 17 November 2010 Comcare employees attended a seminar on self care strategies and resilience with Dr Melissa Lehmann from Medibank Health Solutions.
Tai Chi - 18/11/2010
Comcare employees attended classes with Brett from the Tai Chi Academy. Tai Chi is a proven health art which uses circular flowing movements to calm the mind and relax the body.