Caru - Supporting Nursing Homes in Ireland

Registration is open for the final Caru Virtual Network of 2024: Building a Compassionate Workplace Culture in Nursing Homes with Irish Hospice Foundation's National Coordinator for Grief in the Workplace & Grief Awareness, Amy Gibney. We also welcome interviews with Michelle Clifford, Activities Co-Ordinator, Milford Care Centre, Limerick and Artist Rebecca Strain; both awardees of the IHF Seeds Grant for Artists in Residence. Register below: https://lnkd.in/eiiJ7aj8 1.5 CEU’s with NMBI This online network is open to all nursing home staff from HCA, Nurses, DONs/ADONs, catering, household, pastoral care, chaplaincy, admin, reception, GP’s, social workers, physiotherapist, and OT. The All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care Health Service Executive Mary Fahy Clodagh McGuinness-Hargadon #CaruVirtualNetwork #CaruProgramme #NetworkEvents

Fantastic, thanks James Mooney!!!

Wishing you a very merry Christmas, From all of us at Caru ❤️⭐🎄

As we wind down to the end of another year, we reflect on some of the advice from our Workshop participants... What other advice would you pass on to those looking after a resident at end of life?

What's on the agenda for the next Regional Networking Event? 📅Tuesday, December 3rd | 9am - 1:30pm GMT 📍Oriel House Hotel, Ballincollig, Cork Register 👉tab.so/cork-RNE We welcome Engaging Dementia, Mobile Medical Diagnostics, The Alzheimer Society of Ireland, Patient Advocacy Service Ireland, Age Action Ireland, Age Friendly Ireland, Siel Bleu Ireland and more! Mark Murphy Irish Hospice Foundation The All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care Health Service Executive

To say that we are over the moon for the Killure Bridge Nursing Home Caru Group in CHO5, is an understatement. This week at the Nursing Homes Ireland Care Awards, Muriel, Shane, Roshen and Shauna won for their collaborative efforts to educate and support staff, residents, and families in EOL care and have set a standard of excellence. We are so proud of everyone - well done guys! #CareExcellence #NursingHomeCare #NHICareAwards #CaruProgramme #EOLCare Homecare Medical The All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care Health Service Executive Irish Hospice Foundation Janet Tobin-Martin

How workplaces respond to an employee's bereavement is crucial. Amy Gibney, Irish Hospice Foundation's National Grief in the Workplace Coordinator, encourages managers and colleagues to try the Acknowledge, Validate, Support (AVS) Model to support grieving employees. Amy will join Caru on the 27th November for the second Virtual Network of 2024 - Register now for "Building a Compassionate Workplace Culture in Nursing Homes" 👉https://lnkd.in/eiiJ7aj8 ______ #GriefInTheWorkplace #WorkplaceGrief #Grief #Grieving #BereavementCare #TimeToTalk #TomorrowStartsToday #CaruProgramme #CaruEvents #Webinar #GriefSupport #CompassionateWorkplace #BereavementSupport #NursingHomeCare #CaruNetwork

Our Caru Group in Hospital of Assumption, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, just completed their Caru Workshops and already have created a fantastic Caru board for their remembrance service last week. #Caru #CaruProgramme Irish Hospice Foundation The All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care Health Service Executive Mary Fahy

🔸Allow employees to reflect on a patient/client death by allocating specific time and space to talk about the event, the person, the impact, future learnings 🔸Provide an employee with time off for the funeral or to grieve if they were particularly close to the person 🔸Draw on the social support of the team and provide mutual care in the aftermath of a death For more information and support on how to improve the culture in your nursing home, join us for the next Caru Virtual Network with Amy Gibney, National Coordinator, Grief in the Workplace & Grief Awareness Irish Hospice Foundation. Wed, 27th Nov 2024, 2:30 - 4:00 pm Zoom Webinar Register👉https://lnkd.in/eiiJ7aj8 The All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care Health Service Executive Milford Care Centre Mary Fahy Clodagh McGuinness-Hargadon

So, so proud of the Caru Group from Killure Bridge Nursing Home!!!!! Congratulations to Roshen, Muriel, Shauna and Share.