1. Healthy Workplaces for All Ages
Promoting a sustainable working life

2. Elderly care TOTAL EMPLOYEES VITAS: 3 homes for elderly:
Peer
Meeuwen-Gruitrode
Hechtel-Eksel
3 central offices:
Administration
Technical support
VitaS Catering
TOTAL EMPLOYEES VITAS:
329 persons FTE

3. ISSUE – age scan

4. How to start? Create mixed-aged project teams, mandate for membership
Willingness to listen to the colleagues
Small steps
Participation and involvement
Create support on the workspace

5. Actions work-life balance
Results
Introducing self-scheduling
Transparent holiday management
Possibility to take time off in case of e.g. medical assistance
Time credit and care leave
Reduction of working hours
Organizing team activities after work e.g. bike night, cooking activity, dropping, …
More satisfied employees
More autonomy
Less time spend on scheduling
Age specific scheduling

6. Succes factors Future More teams on-line self-scheduling
E-learning: learn at the time the employee chooses
Increased involvement
of mixed-aged teams
Ownership of work- schedule
Management commitment
Greater commitment employees

7. Moving on …