🧠 What’s the largest occupation in the US?

Home health & personal #careaides (nearly 4 million workers) quietly determine whether patients with PD, MS, or stroke stay home or land in the ED.

🆕 commentary explores the workforce crisis behind neurologic care. Read more on NeuroLive!
#Neurology

Recovering After COVID-19: A Comparison of Burnout Levels Among Care Aides From 2014 to 2024 To examine recovery (prepandemic to postpandemic), specifically related to burnout for care aides working in nursing homes.

NEW TREC research!

Our objectives:
To examine recovery (prepandemic to postpandemic), specifically related to burnout for care aides working in nursing homes.

www.jamda.com/article/S152...

#cdnpse #research #healthresearch #nursinghomes #LTC #pandemic #careaides #PSWs

There is a burnout crisis among LTC workers healthcare crisis has garnered news headlines and political attention, but an equally alarming crisis is ongoing in long-term care (LTC)

There is a burnout crisis among LTC workers by Dr. Carole Estabrook and Dr. Janice Keefe of @trecresearch.bsky.social

quoimedia.com/there-is-a-b...

#LTC #longtermcare #trauma #traumainformedcare #nursinghomes #careaides #PSWs

There is a burnout crisis among LTC workers, trauma-informed workplaces are a solution By prioritizing care aides’ mental health in this way, we can reduce staff burnout and its negative consequences, leading to better outcomes for LTC workers and the vulnerable residents under their ca...

By prioritizing care aides’ #mentalhealth in this way, we can reduce staff burnout and its negative consequences, leading to better outcomes for #LTC workers and the vulnerable residents under their care.

Read our client oped from @trecresearch.bsky.social:

#cdnpoli #nursinghomes #PSWs #careaides

The TRACE (Trauma Research for Adverse Care aides’ Experiences) Survey aims to understand how care aides’ exposure to life event trauma and traumatic/adverse events in the work environment affect their mental health, burnout and intention to leave.

#careaides #PSWs #trauma #longtermcare #LTC

Examining Quality of Work Life in Atlantic Canadian Long-Term Care Homes: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Survey Study Background: The Canadian long-term care (LTC) workforce cares for increasingly complex residents. With greater care needs come greater demands. Despite this, LTC staffing and resources are largely unc...

New TREC Research!
Examining Quality of Work Life in Atlantic Canadian Long-Term Care Homes: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Survey Study
www.researchprotocols.org/2025/1/e66338

#LTC #cdnpoli #careaides #PSWs #longtermcare #nursinghomes

Examining Quality of Work Life in Atlantic Canadian Long-Term Care Homes: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Survey Study Background: The Canadian long-term care (LTC) workforce cares for increasingly complex residents. With greater care needs come greater demands. Despite this, LTC staffing and resources are largely unc...

More #TRECResearch:
Examining Quality of Work Life in Atlantic Canadian Long-Term Care Homes: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Survey Study
www.researchprotocols.org/2025/1/e66338

#LTC #AtlanticCanada #careaides #longtermcare #nursinghomes #cdnpoli #PSWs

Join us June 26th for a #webinar!

Missed Care:
Findings from Several TREC Data Sources

If you are interested in attending this session, please reach out to Julie.Melville@ualberta.ca

#LTC #longtermcare #careaides #cdnpoli #healthresearch

Do you sometimes feel stressed?

One way to help with #stress is through a type of #breathing called #CoherentBreathing.

Coherent breathing is deliberate and focused – it balances the #nervoussystem and promotes relaxation.

See our toolkit here:
www.trecbreathingtoolkit.com

#careaides #LTC

Changing Trends in Job Satisfaction and Burnout for Care Aides in Long-Term Care Homes: The Role of Work Environment - PubMed A positive work environment at the care unit level mitigated the deterioration in care aides' job satisfaction and burnout over the period studied. Targeted interventions to improve work environments ...

New #TRECResearch:

Changing Trends in Job Satisfaction and Burnout for Care Aides in Long-Term Care Homes: The Role of Work Environment
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39642910/

#longtermcare #LTC #careaides #seniors #olderadults #healthresearch

From TREC Research.

A great infographic on #traumainformedcare in #longtermcare:

Trauma-informed care is a universal approach to care that recognizes that many residents and staff in long-term care have experienced psychological trauma in their lives:

#MedSky #meded #doctors #careaides #nurses