11 March 2021: Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of professional care workers and strategies to address these needs
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It is my pleasure to present to you, on behalf of the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) and
Global Ageing Network our webinar on The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of professional care workers and strategies to address these needs.
As with all programs in the IPA Webinar Series, this presentation is intended as an educational event on topics that are timely and relevant to the field of mental health for older adults.
This program will address the following -
A balance of both successes and challenges for professional care workers
Successes/Achievements
Lessons learned
Strategies for addressing issues they have faced with COVID – what are the costs?
Prof. Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, PhD
Chair, IPA Webinar Series
Welcome
and Opening Remarks:
Professor Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, PhD
Radboud University Nijmegen
Medical Centre
Chair, IPA Webinar Task
Force
The Netherlands
Katie Smith Sloan President & CEO,
LeadingAge
Executive Director, Global
Ageing Network
United
States
Presentation: COVID-19 and the
Mental Health of Professional Care Workers (download slide deck here) Professor Clive Ballard, MBChB MMedSci MRCPsych MD FMedSci Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean for Medicine, University of Exeter
Member of INTERDEM
United Kingdom
Presentation: Healing for Healthcare Heroes (download slide deck here) Marcy Salzberg, MSW, LSW Director of Social Work
& Dementia Care Services,
Parker
United States
Moderated
by:
John Brennan, BSS, CQSW, BA, MSocSc
IPA Board of Directors
Vice-President IFSW Europe
Ireland
Program Organizers
Prof Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, PhD
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Chair, IPA Webinar Task Force
The Netherlands
Katie Smith Sloan
President & CEO, LeadingAge Executive Director, Global Ageing Network
Robert Madan, MD FRCPC
Deputy Chief of Staff, Baycrest,
Toronto, Canada
Prof Maria I. Lapid, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
Program Advisor
Dr. Frans Verhey, MD, PhD
University Hospital of Maastricht
The Netherlands