Overview

The Caring Spirit consists of 14 training modules designed to help care staff build meaningful relationships with the elders with whom they work. The modules teach caregivers how to refocus their energies away from just providing physical care to providing emotional/spiritual care that comes more from the heart. The promised outcome is that residents will receive higher quality care, staff will feel a greater sense of fulfillment from their work, and facilities will enjoy higher staff retention. Each of the 14 chapters contains an introductory section that provides background to the concept covered in the chapter. Each of these is followed by a 2-hour teaching module for training the concept to front-line staff. The training modules include outlines of expectations, interactive activities, handouts, and other teaching tools. Two-thirds of the book is for training professionals and paraprofessionals in long-term care settings. In the final third of the book, the information is modified for working with family caregivers - the expectation being that the same trainer can successfully teach these principles to both types of caregivers. 2006 National Mature Media Award (Bronze Award Winner) 2005 Human Resources and Aging Award from American Society on Aging and Brookdale Center

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Author:   Nancy Kriseman
Publisher:   Health Professions Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Health Professions Press,U.S.
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 27.80cm
Weight:   0.545kg
ISBN:  

9781932529067

ISBN 10:   1932529063
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   31 March 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

"How to Utilize The Caring Spirit Training Program and Guidebook; Why a Spiritual Approach to Training? Understanding Spirituality and Your Spiritual Self; Creating a More Spiritual Work Environment; Why the Work They Do Is a Blessing; Inspiration: How it Affects Staff and Those for Whom They Care; Spiritual Approaches to Caring for Elders; The Angels Are with You: Sources of Strength for the Work We Do; Spiritual Ways to Cope with Stress; Communicating from the Heart: A Spiritual Way Towards Healthier Communication; Rituals: How They Help People Stay Connected to Their Culture, Their Past and Themselves; Taking Care of Your Spirit: The Caring Spirit Way! Caring from a Spiritual Way: Why it Matters; Helping Families Connect from Their Hearts: A Spiritual Way Towards Healthier Communication; Spiritual Approaches to Stress; Helping Your Family Member """"Finish Well"

Reviews

[The Caring Spirit's] understanding and presentation of spirituality is particularly sensitive... [the] lesson plans are simple and easy to follow [and] the exercises are interactive and enable participants to go deeper in their understandings and experience of caregiving ... The Caring Spirit will go a long way to providing a foundation for excellence in caregiving. --Donald Koepke, Director Center for Spirituality and Ethics in Aging (01/01/2001)

Author Information

Nancy Kriseman is a licensed geriatric social worker with more than 21 years of experience serving as a program developer, trainer, teacher, and counselor for elders and the staff who care for them. She is also an adjunct professor at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.

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