Supporting staff to cope with adversity

A training program is helping people working in aged care understand and deal with the trauma they experience every day at work.

As part of their role supporting older people, aged care workers are being exposed to trauma daily. That’s because most aged care recipients are experiencing something traumatic – such as health issues, behavioural challenges, feelings of loss or grief or nearing the end of life.

Adding to the challenges is a lack of awareness about the impact this trauma has on aged care staff and support to cope.

Concerns about how another person’s trauma was affecting her staff were front of mind for Milly Kuranage – resid...

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