What are some effective resources to support employees in lifespan management

Write a 175- to 265-word response to the following:

What are some effective resources to support employees in lifespan management? What is your role as a manager to provide support to employees? Provide examples.

Read and respond to the two discussion posts below. Be constructive and professional with your thoughts, feedback, or suggestions.

1. As a manager currently in lifespan management I think that we have quite a good support system set up for our employees. We offer great benefits which include mental health assistance if needed. This is a big deal to me since working with the aging population is not an easy job and requires so much of not only a physical commitment but a emotional one as well. We find ourselves very attached to our residents and when they get sick, go on hospice or pass away it takes a toll on us just like we are their family. In some places you are not supposed to take it personally and you are required to keep on working no matter what. We do not feel like that is the best way to help our employees and to keep them from getting burnout. We offer a help line to talk about anything they want if they feel sad. We also offer something called an integrity line. This allows employees to report anything they feel needs attention at a higher level of management. They can remain anonymous. The corporate office will then put an investigation in place the same day. This has helped our employees to feel listened to. Sometimes people do not feel comfortable reporting things in person or to their superior. This allows them to have an outlet. We also offer many incentives for attendance, taking on extra shifts as well as employee of the month. I think all of these programs keep the employee engaged and feeling appreciated. This is very important in this line of work. We offer paid time off on each paycheck that can be accrued and used as they feel needed. Another thing we offer is mental health days. You can ask for up to a week if you feel you are getting overwhelmed in your job duties. You simply request a mental health leave. It is not counted against you and the company requires they have access to these days. I think we have great programs available to our employees.

2. As an employee, I know what kind of support I would have liked to have received from my managers. As a manager, I hope to provide support for my own staff. Our reading mentions seven different approaches to provide support to caregivers. These include, “education and training, better usage of technology for care coordination, family-inclusive care management, recognition of their skills and knowledge, improved responsiveness to requests of family caregivers in crisis, enrichment of personal support, and improvement of benefits for family caregivers who have jobs” (McSweeney-Feld, Molinari, & Oetjen, 2017).

Training and educational materials given to employees can help them understand their job better, or even help them complete the job in a better way. In health care, things move rapidly, this means that techniques, treatments, and guidelines could change at any time. Making sure your staff is up-to-date on these changes ensures that they do their job safely and efficiently. We all have benefited from technology, and employees in the health care field can use technology to make their jobs easier, but also help eliminate patient errors. Managers should communicate with their leaders to coordinate training and technology updates that their team members could benefit from.

Separate questions;

Imagine that leadership in your organization has asked you to create a guide that can be used for a management training program. They want you to analyze the role of the manager within lifespan management and provide best practices for effective management. Write 400 words on the below;

1. The manager’s role for controlling in the lifespan management environment

2. Support and resources for lifespan management employees