Protecting those who care for others

Bereavement in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Caring for Those Who Care for Others

113 “Isn’t it hard working there?” This is a question many pediatric emergency de partment (ED) healthcare providers are asked. Even for those who have never worked in the emergency environment, the stress and emotional difficulty is widely known and accepted by both healthcare professionals and the general population. The pediatric ED is an exciting, fastpaced, and unpredictable environment, b...

Checking on those who care for children.

Healthcare workers: protecting those who protect our health.

The nation’s healthcare system is in a transition of potentially historic proportions, driven by the need for cost-effectiveness under pressures of cost containment and competition, but also made possible by scientific and technological breakthroughs.1 This transition presents new challenges and opportunities for protecting the health and safety of our nation’s healthcare workers. Toward the go...

Who Cares for Those Who Take Care? Risks and Resources of Work in Care Homes

Over the years - due to the aging population, the process of corporatisation and a demand for a higher quality of services - professionals who work in Care Homes have been exposed to an increasing risk of physical and emotional malaise because of the number of challenges they've been asked to manage. Given these factors, there is a growing interest in the study and understanding of professions ...

Palliative care is not just for those who are dying.

And so at our next appointment we were greeted by two paediatricians who wanted to talk to us. They asked us what was going on. It felt natural to tell them our story. They listened intently, and I realised the purpose of this questioning much later: they wanted to get a sense of us first. “What would you like to happen?” I choked up in tears. I hadn’t told anyone about my wish to meet her, to ...