Author Mary Docherty Since 2005 pandemic preparedness plans have highlighted the need to consider providing psychosocial support for health care workers. Despite this, several weeks into the Covid-19 UK outbreak there were significant gaps nationally in evidence, planning and implementation…
Wikipedia defines a nurse administrator as a professional whose core responsibilities include policy making, staff administration, and financial decision-making in a healthcare environment. The core job of a nurse administrator includes planning work schedules, assigning duties to the staff nurses…
Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions that we make in our lifetime. And the fact that we need to decide on a career at a fairly young age makes the process even more difficult. It also…
Anyone that has even a tiny amount of experience in caring for the elderly will be able to alert you to the pitfalls and hazards of the job as primary caregiver. One of the first things that any of these…
Caring for the elderly can make for a very rewarding job, whether it is paid employment in a nursing or retirement home or for an elderly relative who can no longer look after his or herself. However, it can also…
Sometimes, when caring for an elderly relative, it can be hard to know what to do for the best. If you are a caregiver, you are generally and solely responsible for the health of the person under your care, which…
Yoga is ideal for people of all ages, but particularly for seniors for a number of reasons. Low Impact The first is that in most cases, yoga is low impact. Hatha, Kundalini and Vinyasa yoga are all good examples of…