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Practicing Self Care During the Holidays

On December 16, 2021 by Julie Apold

"Tis the season to be jolly" – but this can be easier said than done.  While the holidays bring many joys, they can also add extra stress.

Experts point to two exercises that are highlighted in Self Care for Safe Care to help us successfully navigate the holidays:

Rapid Evaluation Team Implementation Collaborative Begins Jan. 25

On December 16, 2021 by Julie Apold

Over the next six months, three critical hours of your time can positively impact resident safety and your organizational culture. A new opportunity is available to participate in a learning collaborative designed to provide the support you need to build and strengthen your processes for responding to urgent and emergent situations.

Safe Care Resource Available to Address Effective I’m Okay and Resident Safety Checks

On December 9, 2021 by Julie Apold

LeadingAge Minnesota has developed a new Safe Care for Seniors resource to help you ensure safe and consistent I’m Okay and Resident Safety Checks.

Free Webinar—COVID-19 Burnout Prevention

On December 2, 2021 by Terri Foley

As we brace for a new COVID-19 variant and your teams are exhausted from staffing challenges, learn ways to reduce burnout risk in your organization. Register for a 30-minute workshop with Dr. Alyson Van Ahn from the Associated Clinic of Psychology.

Build Three Good Things into Your Workplace

On November 11, 2021 by Julie Apold

Last week we talked about bringing more joy to your workplace by starting your meetings by sharing one good thing. Another simple way to share good things and boost positive emotions in the workplace is to hang posters on the walls around the campus or in the breakroom to record and share good things visually. Get the list started and encourage others to add their own good things.

Resilience Tip: Avoid Filling the Space

On November 11, 2021 by LeadingAge

Featuring Dr. Alyson VanAhn from Associated Clinic of Psychology

These days, we have better knowledge and skills about managing big problems that seemed unimaginable before COVID. However, many of us are at the point now when even hearing the word "resilience" has become tiresome. 

Kick-Start Your Meetings with More Joy

On November 4, 2021 by Julie Apold

Do you want to bring more joy to your workplace? One way to start is the way you begin meetings.

Bring Three Good Things to Your Community in November

On October 28, 2021 by Julie Apold

LeadingAge Minnesota has launched the second of six Self Care for Safe Care activities called Three Good Things. We invite you to write down three good things that happened to you each day to practice gratitude and build resilience throughout November and December.

Practice Self Care for Safe Care with Three Good Things

On October 21, 2021 by Julie Apold

The Self Care theme for November and December is "Three Good Things." We naturally tend to focus on what goes wrong in our daily lives and rarely, or only briefly, spend any time dwelling on the good things. Gratitude increases how much positive emotion we feel and decreases negative emotion. The Three Good Things Self Care activity is about taking the time to notice those good things in our daily lives and retrain our brains to focus on the positive.

A New Safe Care Resource Available to Address Resident Health & Wellness

On October 21, 2021 by Julie Apold

Keeping our residents safe from COVID-19 has been an all-consuming focus.  While we continue to be vigilant in our Infection Control and other safety practices, we see the impact of COVID-19 infection and isolation on residents. 

Safe Care Champion Virtual Networking Calls

On October 7, 2021 by Julie Apold

Safe Care Champions play an essential role in meeting our shared goal of eliminating preventable harm in the course of caregiving.  Sign up to join us for 30-minute virtual networking calls every other month to learn what is new in Safe Care and network with your Safe Care Champion counterparts from around the state.

Practice Random Acts of Kindness by Being Kind to Yourself

On October 7, 2021 by Julie Apold

The greatest act of kindness that you can practice without any cost and minimal effort is being kind to yourself. Don’t beat yourself up for things not in your control. Use kind words when you talk to yourself – do what you can, do not dwell on what you cannot. Practice kindness on yourself and being kind to others will come naturally (Ghate, 2021).

Practice Random Acts of Kindness With Your Words

On September 30, 2021 by Julie Apold

Sharing your Random Acts of Kindness can make others more aware of the many opportunities around them to perform random acts of kindness every day. Self Care for Safe Care Random Acts of Kindness Posters can be printed and placed throughout your community to encourage sharing examples of acts of kindness with others. 

Oct. 13-14 - Quality & Patient Safety Conference and Workshop

On September 23, 2021 by Heidi Simpson

The Quality and Patient Safety Conference on Oct. 14 in Bloomington and the pre-conference workshop, Foundations of Quality Improvement, on Oct. 13 focus on building and improving quality programs in all aging services settings.

Practice Random Acts of Kindness through Your Words

On September 23, 2021 by Julie Apold

Offering kind words to others doesn’t just make them feel good. It also gives you a rush of good feelings. That positive energy grows and spreads whenever you share it. Mother Theresa once said, “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”

Be the Bearer of Instant Joy with Random Acts of Kindness

On September 15, 2021 by Julie Apold

When you do a Random Act of Kindness, the hormone oxytocin (the “feel good” hormone) is produced in your body.  Studies show that doing a random act of kindness will:

Attend Pre-Conference Workshop to Strengthen Your Quality Improvement Program

On September 8, 2021 by Julie Apold

Join colleagues on Oct. 13 to learn and practice approaches to enhance your quality improvement program, use data and information to drive decision-making and develop and implement solutions to address priority issues.

Fall Conferences Coming in Sept. and October

On September 8, 2021 by Heidi Simpson

Make plans to join us at three signature event conferences this fall – the virtual Annual Meeting and Leadership Forum, the Quality and Patient Safety Conference and Workshop, and the Connect Conference. Registration is open for all events.

Promote Random Acts of Kindness for Trauma Resilience

On September 8, 2021 by Julie Apold

Resilience is our ability to bounce back from the stresses of life, and doing Random Acts of Kindness for others is a scientifically proven way to build resilience. Learn more in this 2-minute Self Care for Safe Care video with Dr. Alyson VanAhn from Associated Clinics of Psychology.

Quality & Patient Safety Conference and Workshop October 13-14

On September 1, 2021 by Heidi Simpson

Registration is open for this year’s Quality and Patient Safety Conference on Oct. 14 in Bloomington, and the pre-conference workshop, Foundations of Quality Improvement, on Oct. 13.