COVID Chronicle

While safe distancing is an important part of slowing community spread, it also takes a toll on our communities – inside and outside of our organization. Along with social isolation, staff and community members were facing a news cycle of trauma and loss, and for many of our staff members the loss was palpable in their day-to-day work. We knew that behavioral health and our resources at Northern Light Acadia Hospital would be integral to the long-term health of our patients and staff.

Healthy Life Resources For Northern Light Health staff, Acadia developed Healthy Life Resources, a full-service mental health resource available online and by phone including:

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Support. Resiliency. Connection.

Leadership Support Training Web-based trainings focused on learning the signs and symptoms of stress in yourself and staff using a simple, three-step model to use during staff meetings and/or team huddles. This service also provides practical ways to prevent compassion fatigue and burnout, and ongoing, live “Ask a Mental Health Expert” Q&A sessions. Northern Light Health employees is critically important. Northern Light Acadia exposed to prolonged stress, anxiety, and trauma, and that is why it is offering a able set of supports for all 12,000+ employees to promote their well-being and ce. Healthy Life Resources is highly integrated with existing employee supports ordinated to respect the needs and culture of each organization. d mental wellness resources on aterials, pre-recorded training a self-guided, digital, evidence- rt

Crisis Management Briefings Designed for Northern Light Health staff working in areas under persistent, intensive daily stress, these 15-minute meetings at the beginning and end of each shift are delivered by local facilitators with a focus on maintaining employee wellness, minimizing anxiety, and retaining high productivity of staff.

Critical Incident Stress Debriefings The Critical Incident and Stress Management service is an on-demand virtual or in-person, one-time debriefing lasting 90-120 minutes provided by Acadia clinical experts. This is used when a department or organization experiences a localized, acutely stressful event, like the death of a colleague or multiple deaths in the department, for example.

How to access: Visit https://mystrength.com/ and use access code HLRWellness , to create an account. Use your @northernlight.org or @mayohospital. com email address.

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