Case study
Sally works in a busy aged care facility as a memory support worker. As part of her role Sally provides care to many people with memory loss. On any given day Sally's daily work plan will go out the window due to unpredictable interruptions, problematic behaviours and competing demands. Recently several of the people Sally regularly works with have had significant progressions of their dementia and related symptoms. Previously Sally use to be able to focus on what she knew about dementia to help her to deal with the disruptions and interruptions caused by the behaviour of the people she was caring for. Lately she has realised that the particular self-care strategies she was using are no longer helping her to cope with the situations she is facing at work.
Question
1. What are some potential causes of stress in Sally’s workplace?
2. What are some question Sally could ask herself to help monitor her stress levels?
3. Why it is important for Sally to use appropriate self-care strategies to manage her stress?
4. What are some self-care strategies that Sally could use to help her cope with stress while she is at work?
ANS. 1. Some potential causes of stress in Sally's workplace could be lack of interpersonal or intrapersonal skills, sudden change conditions, lack of support, etc.
ANS. 2. Some questions that sally could ask herself to monitor her stress levels are -
ANS. 3. It is important for sally to use appropriate self-care strategies to manage her stress because it will reduce and even reverse the effects of stress and garner the positive benefits. it also boosts up the confidence level and helps in maintaining a positive and healthy relationship with people. it makes you feel motivated.
ANS. 4. Some of the self-care strategies that sally could use to help her cope with stress at work are -
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