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Resiliency & self-care: Getting through this

Product Code: 2039W

Practicing resiliency and self-care is important to equipping individuals and organizations to get through this difficult time. Stress and risk of burnout are frequently mentioned by long-term care professionals as a negative side effect of demands of their work. In this online workshop, we will identify the impacts of burnout and stress, as well as ways to survive—and even thrive. Improving self-care and bolstering resiliency are essential to reducing long-term care staff turnover, improving care quality, and ensuring the well-being of staff and residents.

Care Providers of Minnesota is pleased to welcome Frank Bennett back for the third in his four-part online workshop series. In September’s online workshop, you will learn some techniques and ideas for you and your colleagues to share and practice to get through such challenging times.

Learning objectives

Identify the impacts of burnout and stress on healthcare professionals
Describe three strategies to lessen impact of burnout on long-term care staff
Explore well-being model as a facilitator of individual and organizational resilience

Presenter

Mr. Frank Bennett
Founder & Program Leader of Living Well/Dying Well

Frank Bennett is the founder and program leader of Living Well/Dying Well and is a senior teaching fellow at the Center for Spirituality & Healing after he spent years of working with individuals and their families who were living with serious and life-threatening illness. As a minister, facilitator, teacher, and chaplain, he provides support, education, and care for the unique emotional, mental, and spiritual challenges and opportunities at the end of life. Frank’s passion is to empower individuals, their providers, and care partners to live well until they die well. He draws on his experience and expertise in teaching, curriculum development, writing, organizational leadership, and development to support his work.

As a non-denominational spiritual care professional, Frank is committed to providing humane care for each person, regardless of their culture or beliefs. Frank earned his Masters of Divinity in 2010 with an emphasis on pastoral care and community-based chaplaincy. Frank’s work as a spiritual care professional has included acute, palliative, and hospice spiritual care in a variety of settings. Frank also has a special focus on spiritual care and support for those living memory loss from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.