The Caring Spirit Approach to Eldercare A Training Guide for Professionals and Families By Nancy L. Kriseman, M.S.W.

Empower staff and enhance the quality of care in long-term care facilities with this innovative training program. Designed for staff, administrators, and family members, The Caring Spirit™ approach will help improve facility morale, reduce staff turnover, and prevent caregiver burnout. Additionally, the program will create a culture of caring built upon mutual respect and appreciation between staff, family members, and residents.

Embracing all spiritual backgrounds and ways of relating, this creative training program reveals the positive outcomes to be gained from infusing spiritual and ethical values into daily routines. Formal and informal caregivers alike will learn how to

• connect with their spiritual and emotional sides
  
  
• communicate on a deeper level
  
  
• manage stress more effectively
  
  
• develop skills for self-care
  
  
• renew feelings of pride and commitment to their work
  
  
• cope with the accumulated losses associated with long-term care
  
  
• and more!
  
  

The interactive program has 10 professional and 4 family training modules. Each chapter includes background information for trainers plus a step-by-step training module that features inspirational exercises, participant handouts, and qualitative and quantitative evaluation forms.

Administrators will find this program an easy-to-implement way to improve the quality of care at their facilities. From the program’s concepts of conscious caring, spiritual listening, and embracing cultural diversity will emerge a more caring environment in which professionals and elders can work and live.