NABH Certification for Wellness Centres
NABH certification for Wellness Centers
A wellness center is a place that focuses on the well being of one is body and mind and to understand the concept of centers, one must understand what wellness means.
Wellness
Wellness is a choice one makes towards a healthy life. It does it only mean physical health but also includes mental, social, emotional, financial, spiritual well being, etc. Being free from any disease does not mean you are having a fulfilling life but wholesome care towards every aspect of you will make sure you are aspiring towards the greater quality of life.
With the lives of people becoming more stressful, wellness centers are helping achieve the quality of life everyone deserves. In the last decade, we have seen a sudden surge in wellness centers opening and many corporates, schools, government sectors providing such services within their institutes.
There is a misconception that wellness comes into the picture in later stages of your life because as you age, health risks increase but in reality, wellness is not restricted to any age. Sooner you start focusing on your overall well being, risks in later stages reduce to a large extent.
A healthy lifestyle not only ensures you are away from diseases but also it elevates your mood which helps in day to day lifestyle.
Wellness is something that cannot be forcefully added into your lifestyle, till the time someone feels motivated enough to take an active step and make the constant effort, the objective can not be achieved.
Types of wellness centers
1. Services provided in the institutes-Such type of wellness centers provide aid to students,
employees to help them deal with stress, understand nutritional values, provide counseling
for emotional and social well-being. These centers generally have a physician offering to
counsel for all the above services.
2. Services provided for specific wellness- These are the centers that primarily focus on
particular services. For eg.: a center providing aid to people to reduce weight, get skin
treatments, dietary advice, etc.
3. Service provided in centers run by medical practitioners- These is the centers that are run by
specialists assisting to overcome specific issues. For eg.: A center run by a specialist for
emotional counseling to get over a personal issue.
Services offered by wellness centers
Following are some of the basic services that are offered by the centers-
1. Skincare services. For example Laser treatments
2. Body care services- Fitness Training, nutritional counseling, etc.
3. Emotional Counselling- Counselling is provided by Psychiatrists for the emotional well being
4. Sports Injury and Pain management
5. Ayurveda services-Panchkarma, Diabetes management, Immunity builder
6. Yoga, Naturopathy, Meditation
7. Aid for Pregnancy, childbirth and child care
8. Elderly health care services
Accreditation of wellness centers with NABH
It is both important as well as advantageous for wellness centers to be accredited with NABH since it ensures continuous improvement, quality, and customer safety.
NABH provides the set of guidelines for such centers to function. The process will include the valuation of documentation and onsite visits from concerned personnel. Communications and Transparency are the foundation of this process to ensure fair evaluations.
Through this process, NABH sets a benchmark to improve the credibility of the wellness centers. It is a win win situation both for the wellness industry and customers.
Ayushman Bharat is one such step in the wellness industry. This program is expected to take advantage of technology to deliver benefits. Though this process is going to be a learning process in a longer duration it is bound to give positive results.