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We’re all living longer, so the question is: how do we minimize the years we spend in ill health? What can you do today in order to live a good life as opposed to just a long life.

Colin Milner, the CEO of the International Council on Active Aging, explains how the Center for Health & Wellbeing will help you on that journey to a long and healthy life.

Join the healthy living revolution!

I think that we are literally at the start of a quality-of-life revolution, and I don’t use that term lightly, because what it’s about today. It’s not about longevity; we know that we’re going to live longer, but we will live longer and better if we improve our quality of life. So it’s how do we minimize the years that we spend in ill-health so that whatever our life span is it’s actually all about having a good life as opposed to a long life. I believe that the Winter Park Foundation’s new building actually has the potential to change the way we age by transforming not only the way we view aging but the way we actually live by providing you vibrant services that up until this time haven’t been available in your local community.

 I think what’s happening is it we’re morphing right now the old model of senior centers where people used to go in congregate and socialized to one now such as the Winter Park Foundation’s new building, where it’s all about revolution. It’s all about embracing technologies, and embracing you information, and bracing the possibilities and the Center like that is literally shaking the foundation of society.

And it’s not just for older people..

I’s certainly not just for older people, it’s about generations coming together, it’s about continuity throughout society as opposed to exclusion and elitism

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The 80,000-square-foot Center for Health & Wellbeing is designed to provide comprehensive services. As well as, opportunities for whole-person, whole-community care. Moreover, a top priority for both the Winter Park Health Foundation and its partner Florida Hospital.

Representatives from both organizations joined Duda|Paine Architects and Jack Jennings & Sons for the ‘topping out’ ceremony, marking that the building has reached its highest point. Crews hoisted a tree — decorated by attendees with ornaments representing wellness, fitness, and medicine — atop the structure.

“This is an exciting day for not just the Winter Park Health Foundation, our partners and the teams that are building this stunning facility, but most importantly — our entire community,” said Patricia Maddox, president, and CEO of the Winter Park Health Foundation. “We are one major step closer to helping our community make their health — physical, emotional and spiritual — a top priority.”

The Center for Health & Wellbeing, located near Winter Park Memorial Hospital on Mizell Avenue, will focus on three areas: wellness, fitness, and medicine. Moreover, the heart of the facility will be “The Commons,” which will include a healthy café. As well as a conference center for educational classes and other activities.

The center’s wellness offerings will also include:

• A “Nutrition Theater,” where activities such as cooking demonstrations will occur
• Children’s wellness/childcare
• Healthy Living Experience
• Outdoor gardens, terrace with patio seating and indoor and outdoor walking paths

The fitness component will feature an all-new Peggy & Philip B. Crosby Wellness Center, which includes:

• Natatorium with two pools: a dedicated lap pool, and one for warm-water therapy and aquatic exercise
• Multipurpose fitness rooms for group exercise classes and yoga
• Modern fitness floor featuring the latest in equipment for cardio exercise and weight training

The medical component —15,000 square feet of space anchored by Florida Hospital — will include:

• Sports medicine and rehabilitation
• Retail pharmacy
• Specialty and primary care physician offices
• Outpatient lab
• Chronic condition management and education
• Massage and acupuncture services

“The Center for Health & Wellbeing is not just a building, but a place that will facilitate health in an innovative way,” said Jennifer Wandersleben, administrator of Winter Park Memorial Hospital. “Florida Hospital has partnered with the Winter Park Health Foundation for nearly two decades and we are thrilled to bring these state-of-the-art health and wellness services to Central Florida, and make this one of the healthiest communities in the nation.”

For more information on the Center for Health & Wellbeing, visit www.wellbeingnetwork.org.

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The Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF), working in partnership with Growing Bolder,  is putting the finishing touches on creation of the Wellbeing Network (WBN).  The first phase of the WBN will launch early 2018 when its website introduces “channels” for each of the seven dimensions of wellbeing: physical, intellectual, environmental, vocational, social, emotional, and spiritual. Each channel will include both audio and video stories that feature individuals whose actions embody one or more of the dimensions.

In preparation for the launch, Growing Bolder has interviewed well-known health and wellness experts, impassioned national leaders, and inspirational local older adults, all who are willing to share their knowledge, challenges, and successes. In addition to these stories, the website will also serve as a repository of the latest information on the development and projected opening of the Center for Health & Wellbeing (CHWB).

The second phase of the WBN will focus on sharing CHWB programming with the community.  When it opens late 2018, the CHWB will be home to the WBN with Growing Bolder operating from a studio within the new facility to produce and share inspirational stories about community members who are practicing healthy living and positive aging; as well as videos that capture advice and tips from experts providing education and services at the CHWB.

“Growing Bolder has been a fantastic partner for the Winter Park Health Foundation.  From the start, they have shared our vision for both the WBN and CHWB.  We are thrilled with the quality of their work and believe that their continued engagement in these efforts is a win for us, for them, and for the community,” said Diana Silvey, WPHF VP for CHWB Programming.

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