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As Mental Health Awareness Month ends, don’t forget the mental health resources and tools you and your teams can revisit throughout the year.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This is the second in a series of articles from contributor Dr. Alyson VanAhn, Associated Clinic of Psychology, featuring tools to improve staff mental health.

In an overview article, I introduced three major factors that can improve staff retention when attended to deliberately by you and the leaders in your buildings—staff feeling valued, supported, and effective.  This article focuses on feeling supported.

This last week of Mental Health Awareness Week revisit the Self-Care activities related to social connections and chasing happiness. Stop saying, “I will be happy when…” and start saying, “I am happy now because….”

Have you ever noticed how it warmed your heart when someone appreciates you?  Research shows that expressing gratitude to someone who has done something to enrich your life (no matter how big or small) significantly impacts both the giver and the receiver.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This is the second in a series of articles from contributor Dr. Alyson VanAhn, Associated Clinic of Psychology, featuring tools to improve staff mental health.

In an overview article, I introduced three major factors that can improve staff retention when attended to deliberately by you and the leaders in your buildings—staff feeling valued, supported, and effective. This article focuses on feeling effective.

The annual Institute and Expo is the best conference for aging adult service providers for education, networking, and connections. Planned for Feb. 7 – 8, 2024 at the St. Paul RiverCentre, it’s expected to draw 3,000-3,500 participants from across the state of Minnesota including a cross-section of roles in the field. It features two days of timely and practical in-person education and a three-day virtual component for over 100 sessions.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This is the second in a series of articles from contributor Dr. Alyson VanAhn, Associated Clinic of Psychology, featuring tools to improve staff mental health.

In last week’s overview article, I introduced three significant factors that can improve staff retention when attended to deliberately by you and the leaders in your buildings – staff feeling valued, supported, and effective.

Three minutes; three good things.  It has been shown that if you write down three good things that happen to you daily, your happiness and positivity increase. 

AgingServicesJobs.org is the premier resource for aging services employers to post their critical to fill positions and get connected with qualified applicants. LeadingAge Minnesota members receive a reduced rate when posting open positions to AgingServicesJobs.Org.

Self-Care for Safe Care helps you create an environment where teams and individuals can thrive and find joy. As we observe Mental Health Awareness Month, it is an excellent time to revisit activities from Self-Care for Safe Care to retrain our minds to focus on the positive and increase our sense of happiness and well-being.

May is Mental Health Month. This is the first in a series of articles from contributor Dr. Alyson VanAhn, Associated Clinic of Psychology, featuring tools you and your organization can use to improve staff mental health.

This summer, CareerForce Minnesota is launching “Follow Your Heart to a Caring Career,” – A statewide campaign to promote caregiving careers in serving seniors and people with disabilities.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota are developing a new technology to help reduce item loss in care settings and are looking for providers to offer feedback.  Volunteers will view a five-minute presentation about the technology and answer a few simple questions. The interview will be conducted over Zoom (or over the phone, if preferred) and will last around 30 minutes. As a token of appreciation, volunteers will receive a $50 Amazon gift card.

Statewide nurse aide test pass rates are rising, but OnTrack nursing assistant students continue to exceed these averages.

Temporary nurse aides hired or who worked under the 1135 waiver now have until Sept. 11 to be on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry. LeadingAge Minnesota is here to help providers with this transition process.

Minnesota State is rolling out new spring and summer offerings for their Trained Medication Aide (TMA) training, including customized training options to help meet your organization’s workforce needs.

The deadline for registering a team for this year’s ICan Quality Improvement Contest is May 1. The contest involves developing and implementing a Quality Improvement project identified and led by front-line staff.

The Scheduling Software Playbook is the first in a series of workforce technology solution playbooks designed to assist you in identifying technology solutions to help address the workforce crisis.

The LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation team will be using more than $72,000 to continue offering free Mental Health First Aid training to members, through the Minnesota Department of Health’s Mental Health Care Professionals Grant program.

Careers in Aging Week is this week, March 26 – April 1. Participate by posting your open positions to AgingServicesJobs.Org. Members receive a reduced rate – all year long!