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Managing caregiver stress
7 Oct
12.15pm - 1.15pm
About the speaker:
Ms Susan Tan is the founder and Principal Consultant of ECI Consulting Holdings Pte Ltd, a social enterprise committed to nurturing happy individuals, healthy corporations and an inclusive society. She is passionate about promoting health, preventing diseases, and prolonging life among the Singapore population, hence, the practice of public health. She believes in the ecosystem approach to help people adopt healthier lifestyles. Decades of coaching and training more than 15,000 individuals in wellness has led Susan to 2 important conclusions. Firstly, knowing does not equate to doing. Secondly, practice is fundamental to achieving good health and wellness. They propel her to develop the EASYwithSUSAN wellness coaching framework with a high focus on person-centred interventions and mindfulness. She is also the author of “Add MEANINGS To Your Life Every Day: Keep Dementia at Bay.”
Synopsis:
Caregiving is a continually evolving 24 by 7 task as the needs if the care recipients rarely remain unchanged. The constant commitment of labour, time, patience and emotional support that a caregiver requires can take a toll on the caregivers’ physical, emotional and mental well-being. Caregiving stress and burnout are familiar words to people involved in helping roles. Burnout does not happen overnight. It creeps up on one gradually with subtle initial signs and symptoms. The early symptoms are red flags that something is not right and needs to be addressed. Otherwise, it will eventually result in a major breakdown and possibly depression. This Covid-19 pandemic has heightened the demand and intensity of caregiving; hence, there is a critical need for caregiver support. This talk will equip with the necessary knowledge and skills to define caregiving, identify different categories of caregivers, self-care tactics for caregivers and strategies to support caregivers around you.
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