Emotional labor is the process of managing feelings and expressions to fulfill the emotional requirements of a job. More specifically, workers are expected to regulate their emotions during interactions with customers, co-workers and superiors. – WikipediaThinking about it, I’d estimate that caregiving is roughly 75% emotional labor and only 25% physical work. How we smile,
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Power Politics: Professional Caregivers in the Family Home
Recently, I gave an interview with Nicole Scheidl, of Fit Minds, a program for enhanced communication between people with dementia and their caregivers. My topic for this interview was the power relationships between paid caregivers and family caregivers in the home setting. I blogged about this topic earlier this year
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Helping Families Connect With Their Loved One With Alzheimer’s Using the Fit Minds Program
Nicole Scheidl is the CEO and co-founder of Fit Minds, a ‘brain training’ program designed to assist caregivers communicate with their loved ones who suffer from Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. I wanted to know more about Nicole’s story and her work helping people with dementia and Alzheimer’s as
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: An Interview About Caregiving with Me for FIT MINDS
Nicole Scheidl is the founder and CEO of Fit Minds, a company with a mission to produce learning materials that are proven to slow the process of dementia and Alzheimer’s. Nicole has a strong focus on caregivers and has created an information sharing hub for our community. I am honoured
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