Optimae LifeServices to provide DeskActive to enhance worker health

Sept. 16, 2011 - PRLog -- Johnston, IA - DeskActive, Inc. announced today that Optimae LifeServices has selected DeskActive® Team desktop application as a solution to  enhance the company’s worksite wellness program for its growing and diverse  workforce.

Optimae employs approximately 1,000 workers in a range of health care  services including community based disability services, mental health clinics  and home health care. The company has experienced tremendous growth in recent  months, and is committed to fostering a culture of health across the  communities it serves and within the organization as well.

"Because a number of our staff  members work from their desks for an extended period of time, we are excited to  offer this benefit as an option to improve their physical health. As our brand  promise - At Your Side. On Your Side. - indicates, we strongly believe in supporting our work family and see  DeskActive as an opportunity to provide additional resources to them," according to Optimae's William Dodds, President, and Rod Hotek, CEO, in a joint  statement.

The integration of technology into  every aspect of our lives has led to people sitting for extended periods of  time and being more sedentary than ever before. This unnaturally prolonged  posture can lead to neck, back and other joint and muscle discomfort. In fact,  an emerging body of research from academic and integrated medical centers in  the U.S., Europe and Australia, have concluded that sitting is a potentially  lethal activity that is quickly becoming a public health epidemic. Bodies were  made to move. By simply taking short, frequent breaks to walk, stretch or move  yields positive health benefits for all of us.

"We're  excited to be working with Optimae and supporting the organization’s focus on  worker health and wellness," said Paul Greenwood, DeskActive CEO. The  DeskActive application works to combat the negative impacts of sitting and  sedentary work by encouraging frequent breaks to  stretch, move, relieve and prevent musculoskeletal problems and injuries.  DeskActive virtual health coaching breaks combine the use of animated avatars,  health advice and tips, and personalized push messaging to make engagement in wellness information and  activities fun, easy to use and actionable

About  DeskActive, Inc. (www.deskactive.com)

DeskActive is an interactive technology and  communications company focused primarily on the development of consumer  engagement tools in the healthcare sector. The company's premier product is  DeskActive® Team, a smart client application designed for corporate settings to  support and enable worksite wellness participation with an emphasis on musculoskeletal  movement throughout the workday. DeskActive's innovative communications  platform includes interactive personalized messaging and the use of animated  avatars to demonstrate, educate and inform users about the importance of  frequent body movement, particularly for sedentary workers. DeskActive also  develops consumer technology solutions for business partners in healthcare  sectors including applications and software for a variety of desktop and mobile  platforms. DeskActive was founded in Melbourne, Australia in 2006 and expanded  into the U.S. market in 2009, establishing its corporate headquarters in Des  Moines, Iowa.

About Optimae  LifeServices (www.optimaelifeservices.com)
Optimae LifeServices  (formerly ResCare) provides a comprehensive range of community healthcare  services including outpatient mental health care centers, home health services,  and behavioral health services to communities throughout central, eastern and  southeast Iowa. In addition to these primary lines of business,  Optimae operates businesses that employ people with disabilities including a  bookstore/coffee shop, a trading company featuring furniture and household  goods, and an organic farm. The company operates from various locations  throughout Iowa and employs more approximately 1,000 full-time and part-time  workers.