Workshops in caring: a first module.
Workshops in Caring were designed to expose attitudes, biases, and concerns of a nursing home staff toward aging, illness, and death. This paper touches on techniques and materials (more literary and humanistic than clinical) for encouraging participants to focus on and share their feelings. What inhibits or facilitates a caring relationship between elderly, often terminally ill, residents and staff members was the prime focus of both sessions: "Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me?" and "Who Owns One's Life?"
D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D009735:Nursing Homes; D014481:United States