This page of resources was created to support LTC leadership while they are rebuilding team member wellness/morale. The compilation also contains tools to manage ongoing challenges from COVID-19, including those directly related to mental health and well-being.

This web page aims to promote mental health among healthcare providers through a variety of free resources including peer support, webinars, podcasts, useful tips and leader training.

This document reflects on one promising practice- peopleCare’s Recovering Strong strategy- that could be used in long-term care to foster healthy work environments to deliver safer, higher quality person-centred care.

This document provides key concepts related to understanding and assessing provider well-being, with a focus on organizational strategies, including how leaders can support staff in self-care strategies.

Building a psychologically healthy and safe workplace requires leaders to support workplace mental health and commit to creating a trauma-informed environment. This articlea provides a few steps that can be taken to get started.

Creating a trauma-informed workplace requires leaders to accept that violence and trauma can and will show up, whether it occurs in or outside the workplace or develops from an earlier event, such as adverse childhood experiences.

In each episode, we'll explore both the family and staff perspectives, shedding light on the emotions, expectations, and sometimes the disappointments that arise from the friction in these relationships. Through heartfelt conversations, personal anecdotes, and expert insights, we aim to foster a deeper understanding of the diverse perspectives that shape senior care environments. Tune in to gain valuable insights, and cultivate a better approach

A structured, brief (15-30 min) routine/team building actvity (daily or multiple times a day), face-to-face communication of a team’s membership that can build team resilience through celebrating wins and providing support for challenges.

In its program “Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff,” Hawai’i Pacific Health (HPH), a not-for-profit health care system invites clinical staff who use its electronic health record system to identify documentation and other practice requirements that should be eliminated, changed or modified.

This free online resource will help identify key areas of strength and concern that influence the psychological health and safety in your healthcare organization.

The LEADS Framework can be used as a disciplined approach to change to create psychologically healthy workplaces. This document outlines how this disciplined approach to change can be utilized. Each step outlines the key questions that the leader-manager needs to ask and answer.

This concise document shares information about trauma, it's impact, the principles of trauma informed practice along with trauma exposure response and the ABC model of clinician self-care.

A physical space for health workers to unwind and connect. It is open to all employees 24/7 to help release tension and recharge.

By focusing on six key domain areas of content — mental health, physical activity, nutrition, rest, quality of life, and safety — the Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation program aims to holistically enhance and support all aspects of nurse well-being and wellness.

This toolkit advocates for the necessity for an organizational groundwork for wellness in the workplace. It reviews the purpose and role of the chief wellness officer and how it would benefit the organization.

A practical resource for healthcare workers and organizations to better understand the range of moral emotions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and to develop organizational and individual strategies to mitigate risks of lasting harm.

An article that presents scenarios related to psychological safety in health-care teams, while illustrating barriers and modelling a culture where individuals feel at ease to share their thoughts and concerns.

A facilitator training manual that guides the delivery of informal, peer-facilitated, small-group meetings and gives health-care workers the chance to discuss the difficult nature of their work and the issues that negatively affect their resiliency.

The TEND Toolkit is a searchable database of tools, strategies and education to support heping professionals working in complex workplaces.

Informal discussions focusing on death, dying, loss, grief, and illness. They allow for reflection on distressing events and offer community and collaboration among hospital employees outside of work. With Covid-19 limiting social interactions and overloading of ICUs worldwide, their virtual administration provides an innovative strategy to mitigate burnout