Insights from the Frontlines:
Caring for the Caregiver During COVID 19

Please join us for this webinar to hear from the COVID-19 frontlines at UMass Memorial Health Care. Caregiver fatigue and burnout were a concern for hospitals before the COVID-19 pandemic. Responding to the current crisis, planning for a surge of patients, while not knowing what the future holds are factors that only add to the strain on staff. The ability to care for caregivers will be critical for hospitals to continue to respond to a sustained high-level operations tempo through the surge and well into recovery efforts, while ensuring the long term capacity to care for our communities. This webinar will feature insights and strategies for caring for the caregiver during COVID-19. We will be joined by Thomas Ward, Wellness Program Manager at UMass Memorial Health Care and the discussion, moderated by Valerie Fleishman, Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at MHA, will include specific tools and resources for supporting staff wellbeing.

FACULTY:

Thomas Ward, Wellness Program Manager, UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc.

Thomas Ward is the Wellness Program Manager for UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc., overseeing the academic healthcare system’s wellness initiative since its launch in late 2013. Over the last 20 years, Thom has managed fitness and wellness programming in government, for-profit and non-profit settings; focusing on the integration of mental and physical wellbeing with safety initiatives, while incorporating organizational culture change. Prior to joining UMass Memorial, Thom worked for the Department of Defense (DoD), where he most recently served as the Health Promotion Flight Chief for Dover Air Force Base, DE. During his civilian service, he assisted in the delivery of resilience and stress management initiatives for US Air Force and US Army military members, military dependents and DoD civilians. Thom holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science as well as a Master of Science degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion. In addition, he currently maintains certification as an American College of Sports Medicine Certified Exercise Physiologist and as a National Academy of Sports Medicine Performance Enhancement Specialist. He is also a current member of the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association’s Caring for the Caregiver

Date: Thursday, April 23, 2020

Time: 12:00pm-12:30pm EST

Location: WEBINAR (Dial in info will be sent on Thursday AM)

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