Resilience coaching can help bolster mental wellness among front-line hospital workers in times of stress, researchers reported.
According to a project launched at a single center in Toronto, peer-support resilience coaching delivered by healthcare workers to their colleagues during the COVID-19 pandemic yielded a slew of beneficial mental health outcomes, reported Benjamin Rosen, MD, of the University of Toronto, at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) virtual meeting.
Healthcare providers who took part in this resilience coaching said some of the benefits they experienced included improved inter-colleague relationships, decreased feelings of loneliness, and a heightened sense of being supported by their organization.
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Resident isolation, staffing remain significant concerns in Ontario long-term care centres
Ontario s commission on how and why COVID-19 ravaged long-term care homes is expected to deliver its report today. But those watching the system say not enough has changed as a result of the pandemic, and residents are paying the price of isolation that may now be doing more harm than good.
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Ontario s commission on why COVID-19 ravaged long-term care homes is expected to deliver its report Friday
Posted: Apr 30, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 30
John Asboth, 99, lives in a Toronto-based long-term care centre and hasn t been outside since September due to COVID-19 isolation rules, his daughter says. Those are policies that may now be doing more harm than good and should be reviewed, experts say.(Submitted by Joni Asboth)
Mental and physical impact of pandemic on educators focus of COVID-19 study
Ontario researchers are hoping to recruit teachers and education workers for a COVID-19 study that will look at how the pandemic has affected the physical and mental health of teachers. The researchers hope to get 7,000 people to take part.
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Lori Hildebrandt and her dad, Rudy Pankratz, 86, enjoy a sunny day outside his Winnipeg nursing home last summer. Hildebrandt says she s hardly seen her father since the COVID-19 pandemic hit because visiting hours have been reduced at Bethania Mennonite Personal Care Home.(Submitted by Lori Hildebrandt)
People living in personal care homes have seen a reduction in quality of life since the pandemic hit. Programming has been cancelled and now families say they aren t able to visit loved ones as often as they would like.
The vast majority of personal care homes (PCHs) in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority surveyed by CBC 14 out of 15 have reduced visiting hours since the pandemic hit.