Looking after yourself
Palliative and end of life care (Care homes & care at home)
Caring for someone who is dying, and the death of a someone you have grown close to as a professional carer, can take a toll on your own emotional wellbeing.
Macmillan provide an Emotional Health and Wellbeing Hub as a central place to easily access resources to help you strengthen self-care and look after your own well-being. It includes resources on positivity, mindfulness, resilience, connection, personal growth, and physical wellbeing.
NHS Education for Scotland provides a range of wellbeing resources for health and social care practitioners and managers:
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Taking care of yourself e-learning resource (all staff) |
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Your personal wellbeing plan tool (all staff) |
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Psychological first aid e-learning resource (all staff) |
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Stress, coping and resilience video for staff (all staff) |
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Protecting the wellbeing of staff and teams for managers and team leaders e-learning resource (Team Leads/Managers) |
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Responding to staff distress: a stepped care model (all staff) |
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Supporting a mentally healthy workplace: a guide for managers (Team Leads/Managers) |