Is one of your organization’s goals to invest more in learning, growth and development opportunities for team members? Or to focus on the customer experience? Maybe it's to be more of a resource for the industry?
A key way to begin chipping away at any goal is to gather information that can support strategies to achieve success.
Here are a few quick resources in these top categories:
- Staff Training and Education
- Resident or Client Engagement
- Family and Professional Caregiver Support
Staff Training and Education Resources
How Training has Evolved over the Years
Take a listen to a conversation between two industry leaders talking about training and education evolutions and strategies for success.
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Topics:
aging services,
Caregiver Training,
resources,
dementia education,
resident engagement,
Family Caregiver Education,
staff development
April marks Parkinson's Awareness Month and the theme the Parkinson's Foundation has chosen is #KnowMorePD to help elevate the public's awareness of the disease and to share the resources available to those who are diagnosed with PD and their families
Parkinsons's Disease (PD) is a complex movement disorder with symptoms that vary from person to person. Some of these symptoms may include tremors, slurred speech, a masked face, slow movement, and unsteady gait. Because PD is largely misunderstood by the general public and even healthcare professionals, it's often frightening to see a person struggle with these symptoms. And when people don't understand what is happening, they generally react by becoming fearful or avoiding that person.
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Topics:
AGE-u-cate Training Institute,
Senior Care Professionals,
Family Caregiver,
Aging Service Provider,
caregiving,
#KnowMorePD,
Parkinson's Foundation,
Parkinson's Disease,
education,
resources,
support
Losing sleep, poor eating habits, irritability or short tempered - these symptoms may start small and snowball quickly into what is referred to as caregiver burnout. Professionals and families need to know what to look for and how to help caregivers. It's a serious matter and growing, as more families are caring for their loved ones at home with little or no help.
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Topics:
The Faith Community,
AGE-u-cate Training Institute,
dementia care,
Senior Care Professionals,
Family Caregiver,
Senior Care,
Dementia Live,
Hospital Professionals,
Stress,
Burnout,
Alzheimer's Association,
elder care,
education,
resources,
dementia training,
Area Agencies on Aging
Looking back to my years a family caregiver, I wonder if I'd worn a badge that read "Fragile - Handle with Care", it might have been easier for others to understand me. Why I often had puffy eyes from crying, or scatter brained from sleep deprivation. I can remember a certain period of time when I was issued a number of traffic violations...speeding through a school zone of all things (my children were both in elementary school at the time). Thank goodness this was before cell phones. There were times when I simply wasn't myself. I was emotional, physically and spiritually worn out and burned out. Thinking clearly was often a challenge because I was overwhelmed.
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Topics:
The Faith Community,
Senior Care Professionals,
Family Caregiver,
family caregivers,
education,
resources,
understanding,
support
Through the years I've had the great privilege to work with thousands of elders and families as my professional career in senior care began in educating families and faith communities. I will never forget one of my earliest conversations with a couple who had attended a caregiver support group in which I was facilitating. Emotionally, they shared how their parents had served faithfully in their church for over 40 years and now that they were homebound, the they felt as if they had been forgotten. This tugged at my heart, as I remembered how vitally important the church was to my own aging parents and how much that care and compassion for our parents comforted us as adult children.
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Topics:
The Faith Community,
The Family Caregiver,
Senior Care Professionals,
Elders,
caregivers,
faith communities,
church,
resources,
support
