Program boosts positive emotions in healthcare workers
By
Kristen Fischer
Jun 27, 2024
Systemic and organizational changes are vital to help healthcare workers manage stress and burnout, but workers also are looking for programs to help them develop individual resilience. An online, self-guided...
The underappreciated bartenders of long-term care
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 21, 2024
Before you think poorly of me, let me explain. I was in the bar that afternoon only because I had heard such great things about the nachos. Not buying it? How about this: I was conducting an in-person...
These stress management moves can help nurses cope much longer
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 10, 2023
Interventions aimed at reducing work-related stress for nurses may lead to improvements in how people cope with stress up to a year later, according to Dutch researchers.
Study aims to blunt staff burnout, make emotional well-being essential for staff health, resident care,...
By
Joe Bush
Oct 19, 2022
Creating and continuing a culture of well-being and mental health care for nursing home staff is a powerful tool for not only helping residents but attracting and retaining employees, says the National...
If not us, then who?
By
Julie Thorson
Oct 12, 2022
I can’t remember the date. I don’t remember what was happening at the time. What regulation changed, who tested positive, what family was upset, what team member was infuriated, or what system had...
Recognizing and fixing burnout among SNF rehabilitation therapists
By
Richard White
Apr 13, 2022
As COVID-19 and its variants continue to be of concern among leadership at skilled nursing facilities throughout the country, virus protection for our residents and their families persists. Although strict...
Caring for the carers: Reducing turnover among long-term care leaders
By
Marleah Keuler-Grahek
Sep 02, 2021
Long-term care organizations need to act purposefully to recruit and retain quality frontline leaders. While the lack of caregivers and nurses is a well-known problem, an increasing number of individuals...
Give yourself the gift of chilling out this holiday season
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Dec 06, 2017
Taking time to step back and reevaluate how you’re using your time — and if you’re a manager, how your employees are faring this time of year — can pay off big time.
Caregiving in California
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 18, 2012
For all of the holiday joy in many of our lives, if there’s a time of year people feel burned out, it’s probably about now.
On the other side of long-term care
By
Ken Tack
Nov 14, 2012
Here I am in my 40th year of long-term care. It is often said that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks, but that is not totally true. You can teach an old dog new tricks; it’s just extremely difficult....