Retaining the Best Staff: Instilling The Caring Spirit™ Approach to Eldercare

Retaining the Best Staff: Instilling The Caring Spirit™ Approach to Eldercare
Speaker(s): Nancy L. Kriseman, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.

> Logistics

Seminar length: 1–2 days

Number of participants: flexible format; minimum of 10 for a small group

Who will benefit from this seminar: administrators, supervisors, and direct care staff in long-term care facilities, hospitals, and hospices; family members who care for elders; social workers, nurses, psychologists, and pastoral counselors

Seminar fee:
(What do fees include?)
1 day: $1,500
2 days: $2,500

Nancy Kriseman will work with your facility to customize a seminar to match your needs. Options include separate sessions for staff and families, a series of small group sessions, or a train-the-trainer format to teach administrators and managers how to successfully implement The Caring Spirit™ program at their facility.

The Caring Spirit™ is a trademark of Nancy L. Kriseman.

> Seminar Description

Motivate your staff to embrace a more positive understanding of their work and provide the best possible care! This unique training program will improve job satisfaction and reduce caregiver turnover by showing staff the value of the work they do and ways to care for themselves. Based on extensive research by scholars, management professionals, and theologians from around the world, The Caring Spirit^™ approach applies universal spiritual and ethical values, such as compassion, honesty, respect, and integrity. Staff will learn to encourage “spirit” in the lives of the elders for whom they care, as well as recognize the importance of nurturing their own spirits.

Using exercises, in-depth discussions, and hands-on activities, this seminar teaches participants to:

build respectful relationships between staff, family members, and elders
cope effectively with job stress
embrace and value the work they do
approach caring with enhanced compassion
apply spiritual values to caring
nurture the spirits of those who provide and receive care

The Caring Spirit^™ will inspire the caregiving experience and promote a positive culture change in your facility.

> Bonus!

Seminars for family members and other caregivers are available as well! This seminar teaches participants new ways to connect with elders and effective approaches to caring for themselves.