Better mental wellbeing for Nursing Home residents
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ACCME & NAB CREDITS WILL BE OFFERED.

QPR training will offer strategies to support your work in providing suicide prevention and mental wellness to your residents. This 1.5-hour evidence-based instructor-led training is held virtually and will provide a comprehensive review of a three-step approach anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. This session will provide a one-year certification to attendees.

Key Components Covered in the Training:

1. How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal
2. How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide
3. The common causes of suicidal behavior
4. The warning signs of suicide
5. How to get help for someone in crisis

Registration is limited.

Speaker: Holly Pounders

ACCME AND NAB CREDITS WILL BE OFFERED.

Grief and loss symptoms from resident death are often similar to those experienced from family or friend loss. This webinar session will provide an overview of the bereavement concerns that can arise when nursing home residents and staff experience the death of a resident. Content will review the emotional and psychological responses to loss through the five stages of grief. The discussion will further inform on postvention activities to support self-care and healing for residents and nursing home staff.

Learning Objectives:

1. List types of grief and symptoms.
2. Define the five stages of grief and potential impacts.
3. List strategies for self-support and healing.
4. Identify facility “postvention” activities to support nursing facility staff and residents after loss. List practical strategies for building resiliency.

Speaker:

Diana Padilla, MCPC, CARC, CASAC-TASAP

ACCME & NAB CREDITS WILL BE OFFERED.

The fundamentals of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and its effects on holiday depression will be discussed. This training is designed to provide participants with a basic understanding of depression, seasonal onset, symptoms, and treatments to support residents experiencing challenges from SAD.

Learning Objectives:

1. Gain a basic understanding of seasonal depression during the holidays.
2. Recognize and understand signs, symptoms, and triggers of seasonal depression.
3. Learn helpful responses to engage with residents.

Speaker: Bryan G. Stephens, MA, MBA, CPCS, LPC