Total Life Concept (TLC) is a series of educational and motivational programs addressing non-job related risk factors. These programs are specialized and are available from a select number of professionals in the OccuCom network. Please go to Find a TLC Provider to inquire about program availability in your area.

Fitness Training and Gym Design – Frequent, vigorous exercise has been linked with improved health, mental focus and attitude. Fit workers also demonstrate lower rates of chronic illness and better attendance records. For these reasons and others many progressive businesses are developing fitness centers in their facilities. But how do you get the most for your dollar in a workplace gym, and how do you achieve high levels of employee participation? This service can help.

The Fitness Training and Gym Design program is designed for the development and administration of an on-site gym facility complete with personal training. The process of effective facility design may include the gathering of input from individuals or groups who will fund, maintain or use the facility. The functional qualities of the facility are determined by doing a comprehensive assessment of the following: space and funds available, user profile, level of supervision, and type of strength training and conditioning that will be performed. A proposal is then submitted to the organization determining the room design (size, floor plan and placement), staffing (facility manager and personal trainers), and cost parameters.

Smoking Cessation – Smoking has been associated with many debilitating health conditions including heart disease, stroke and musculoskeletal disorders, to name just a few. Many employees who smoke want to quit but have not been successful alone. This program utilizes a comprehensive approach and has yielded impressive results.

The Smoking Cessation program is at the top of our Health Promotion agenda. With teen smoking on the rise (future workforce) and the rate of adult quitting relatively flat at 10% the need to address smoking among our workers is apparent. Our program combines a five step approach with a comprehensive strategy to obtain impressive successive rates. So, if you're fed up with the high cost and modest success of in-house or health plan provided programs, try an independent perspective and third-party validation to help you meet your objectives.

Self-Care Management Systems – Two of the more difficult challenges to most people in achieving good health and wellbeing are how to address injuries that do develop and how to encourage good, healthful life practices. This 90-minutes seminar is designed to inform and motivate participants to take charge of their self-care.

Designed and developed by a number of top health educators and health service providers, the Self-Care Management Systems program delivers easy-to-follow advice that encourages appropriate treatment of common injuries and illnesses. Emphasis is placed on making informed lifestyle choices, as well as reacting appropriately to emergency situations. Natural or alternative approaches to healing will also be discussed along with how to access valuable information from the internet. In addition to an interesting, interactive 90-minute instructional experience, each participant will also receive his or her own workbook for continued learning and health promotion. Providing this workshop to your employees will help improve individual well-being and help manage demand for health care services.

Nutritional Maintenance with Healthy Eating – Obesity, diabetes, and heart disease are all on the rise and are all linked to poor nutrition and dietary habits. This program helps participants develop lifelong practices that encourage good health and wellness.

There are dozens of fad diets that circulate periodically through the media spotlight. Many of these programs provide quick weight loss, but these initial successes too frequently are reversed over time. Life is not a sprint, it is a journey, and positive, lifelong practices are required for true health and well-being. This 45-minute seminar helps your employee and management populations obtain the knowledge and skills to adopt diet guidelines that act as a key health management tool. The seminar materials presented during this intensive training will provide tools for adopting lifelong positive nutritional habits.

Lifestyle and Stress Management – We would all like to lead more healthful, stress-free lifestyles, but most of us do not know how. Integrating the myriad of information in magazines and on television into a workable program seems an insurmountable task. This seminar series will introduce a comprehensive approach that individuals can use to improve their lives and meet their goals.

According to O'Donnell et al., 97% of chronic diseases are lifestyle related. The objective of this course is to empower your workforce with the knowledge, skills and tools to better manage the environment outside themselves, as well as their own human performance capabilities. This is accomplished initially with a 3 ½ hour workshop with 30-minute tracking evaluations semi-annually to measure behavioral outcomes in terms of increasing productivity, Emotional Intelligence quotients, and general satisfaction. All materials and tools are included in the training.