Category Archives: Human Health

Wellness Wednesday – Physical Wellbeing Tip: Get your hearing tested for FREE at the AASV Annual Meeting! Thanks to efforts by the AASV Human Health, Safety, and Well-being Committee, basic hearing tests will be available at no charge to attendees at the 2024 AASV Annual Meeting in Nashville Monday, February 26.

Wellness Wednesday – Emotional Wellbeing Tip: Allow for time off to see mental health professionals and make medical appointments.

Wellness Wednesday – Environmental Wellbeing Tip: Incorporate live plants into the workplace – being cognizant of toxicities if animals are around.

Wellness Wednesday – Occupational Wellbeing Tip: Include allocations for continuing education for all the members of your practice in your organization’s budget, and be supportive when time-off is requested for such opportunities. We hope everyone has support to attend the AASV Annual Meeting! Register by Feb 2 for the early bird rate at https://aasv.org/annmtg/index.php

Wellness Wednesday – Creative Wellbeing Tip: Put a keyboard or guitar in the break room.

Wellness Wednesday: Financial Wellbeing Tip – To the extent that you are able, put some money away in a savings and/or retirement account.

Wellness Wednesday: Environmental Wellbeing Tip – Use environmentally responsible practices in the workplace and at home, like limiting paper use, recycling, and composting.

Wellness Wednesday: Emotional Wellbeing Tip – Actively seek out laughter. Surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Try not to take yourself too seriously. Allow yourself to play. Read the funnies.

Wellness Wednesday – Creative Wellbeing Tip: Change mediums: if you typically paint, try poetry. If you like crossword puzzles, try Sudoku. If you typically color with pencils, try markers or crayons.

Wellness Wednesday – Physical Wellbeing Tip: Get your influenza vaccine this week during National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW), December 4-8, 2023. NIVW is an annual observance in December to remind everyone 6 months and older that there’s still time to get vaccinated against influenza to be protected during the 2023-2024 season. Make sure you get an influenza vaccine to protect yourself, your loved ones, and the pigs you care for this flu season.