Project aims were: -To raise awareness of the burnout hazard, especially in the field of geriatric healthcare where service users are dependent on professional caregivers in order to satisfy their needs -To provide quality of life improvements to the occupation of professional caregiving, through the education of management, mentoring methodology and creation of innovative digital tools -To develop mentoring methodology and tools, VET curriculum and corresponding training material for LTC management, so they are able to become mentors for their staff, to be on the lookout for burnout symptoms and secure/manage resources to support them - To expand the EU VET providers’ portfolio, to develop a methodology to be used for future training course developments to address the issue of burnout in other sectors of the EU market - To contribute to the COVID-19 recovery efforts of the VET and LTC fields on local, regional and European levels - To contribute to the advancement of VET and LTC policies that will promote the inclusion of mentoring skills and practices as an important asset in supporting the development of LTC managers an
Professional caregivers for older people play a major role in the physical and mental health, recovery and rehabilitation of the patients. A low quality of life for caregivers, will result in a low quality of life for service users. It was clearly showed during pandemia of covid-19.The stressful work of professional caregivers makes them highly susceptible to burnout. the PROCARE Project was aimed at the education of Long-term Care Unit managers regarding the learning requirements for the development of a Mentoring Program. The Mentoring Program can be used by them in order to support their efforts to prevent or manage Occupational Burnout. Mnetoring is one of way to can reduce the risk of burnout. Other one is to educate healthcare management about the syndrome, train them to act as mentors and be on the lookout for symptoms among their staff, and to be able to facilitate effective and consistent supervision/mentoring sessions with the use of tools. On the market there is lack sufficient training that will support long-term caregivers (LTC) and manegers during their day-to-day work,in terms of managing issues without negative effects on their mental health and well-being.PROCARE training is the answer for theese needs.