Metro sponsored the event on their website. The Louisville Metro Department of Corrections promotes health and wellness for correctional officers. The department held its first ever Mental Health and Wellness Fair with the theme Health, Wealth and Wise. The fair featured organizations offering information on financial wellness, physical health, mental health and other resources. The Humane Society also provided two dogs for adoption. A big goal of the fair is to eliminate stigma. The idea of wellness is that because we work in a very stressful field, we want our officers to understand that we can build a support system and that being healthy means many different things.
Louisville Metro Department of Corrections hosts health and wellness fair for employees
Updated: May 28, 2024 at 9:34 PM EDT
The Louisville Department of Corrections is promoting health and wellness for its correctional officers. LMDC partnered with several organizations to hold a health and wellness fair on Tuesday. The fair featured interactive activities, demonstrations and information on physical, mental, financial and legal health. The Humane Society also provided two dogs for adoption. “A big goal of the fair is to dispel the stigma around wellness, that we work in a very stressful field,” said lead psychologist Dr. Marija Laderman. “So we want correctional officers to understand that they can build a support system and that health is about many things.” More than 300 correctional officers and staff attended the fair.
The Louisville Department of Corrections promotes health and wellness for its correctional officers.
LMDC partnered with several organizations to host a health and wellness fair on Tuesday.
The fair featured interactive activities, demonstrations and information on physical, mental, financial and legal wellness.
The Humane Society has provided us with two dogs that are up for adoption.
“A big part of that is dispelling the stigma around wellness that we work in a very stressful field,” said lead psychologist Dr. Marija Laderman, “so I want officers to understand that they can create support systems and that being well encompasses a range of things.”
Over 300 officers and employees attended the fair.
