Staff & Resident Well-Being

5-Minute Learning Modules for Frontline Staff: Emotional and Organizational Support for Staff Series
This series of three learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams recognize and manage stress, work together to tackle common challenges, and practice open communication.

Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being Among Nursing Home Staff (PDF, 346 KB)
This resource focuses on emotional well-being of nursing home staff, including information about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, how to enhance well-being in nursing home culture, and compassionate communication techniques.

Emotional and Organizational Support for Staff Learning Modules 
This series of three learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams recognize and manage stress, work together to tackle common challenges, and practice open communication.

Serie Apoyo emocional y organizativo para personal
Esta serie de tres módulos de aprendizaje presenta estrategias para ayudar a los equipos de hogares de ancianos a reconocer y manejar el estrés, trabajar juntos para resolver desafíos comunes y practicar la comunicación abierta.

Emotional Wellness Resources for Nursing Home Staff
These emotional wellness resources for nursing home staff list programs nursing home staff can access to help cope with the stress and emotions they may be experiencing from working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and Their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation
This document highlights ways nursing home staff can help residents and families balance the need for social involvement with necessary infection prevention strategies.

Best Practices for Identifying and Managing Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents 
This resource discusses ways nursing home staff can identify residents at high risk for deconditioning and work with them to prevent decline and improve functioning.

Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents (PDF, 1 MB)
This resource discusses resident well-being and describes the mental impacts of social isolation and includes signs of depression and anxiety. It also discusses safe visitation strategies as a component of resident emotional well-being.

Supporting Nursing Home Residents’ Emotional Health Learning Module 
This brief video will help you recognize when a resident may need support to resume normal activities.