August is National Wellness Month: 10 Learning Hub Resources

August is National Wellness Month. Each type of wellness is important across the course of life, from mental and physical wellness to social and intellectual and all other dimensions depicted in the graphic below. As we age, wellness is critical in shaping our quality of life.

There are many dimensions of wellness, as depicted in this graphic, courtesy of University of California Davis.

In honor of National Wellness Month, here are 10 LeadingAge Learning Hub offerings to support the wellness of both your staff and those you serve:

1. Mental Health in the Workplace
   In this 22-minute QuickCast, Dr. Shanna B. Tiayon, Founder and CEO of Yes Wellbeing Works, provides an overview of the signs and symptoms of mental distress as well as strategies to care for yourself and others.
2. Workforce Well-Being: Addressing Grief in Aging Services
   Guided by geriatric psychiatrist Susan Wehry, M.D., this virtual workshop explores how to shift from collective trauma to post-pandemic growth and well-being.
3. Mental Well-Being: Regaining Confidence and Control
   In this virtual session, Dr. Wehry explores how to respond to the sadness, anxiety, fear, and stress that arise when survivors face the short and long-term consequences of a disaster.
4. Creating a Trauma-Informed Culture to Support Well-Being
   This webinar delves into the details of how a trauma-informed care framework can be used to assess, guide, and create safety and support in your organization.
5. Workforce Well-Being: It's About Burnout
   This Spotlight explores common distress symptoms and proven strategies to manage compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
6. Opening Doors to Aging Services: A LeadingAge Initiative
   This spotlight provides an overview of the Opening Doors to Aging Services initiative, including a review of the external factors and public perceptions that exist today, as well as strategies for leveraging research for impactful communications about our sector.
7. Fostering Emotional Well-Being Among Team Members
   In this 19-minute QuickCast, Kelly O'Shea Carney explains why a comprehensive systems approach to supporting the emotional well-being of all members of the organization is so important.
8. Managing Mental Health: Considerations in COVID-19
   In this 13-minute QuickCast, Elizabeth Hale explains how the global pandemic is affecting our mental health and emotional well-being-and ways we can manage it.
9. Living Well With Dementia
   An in-depth look at how our evolving thinking about dementia and person-directedness can prompt new ideas.
10. An America Freed From Ageism
    This 15-minute QuickCast provides an overview of the LeadingAge vision to help aging services providers engage in discussion about ageism with board members, staff, residents/clients, and others.

There are so many ways to incorporate wellness into our daily lives, both at work and at home. As individuals who care for and serve older adults, it's also imperative for you and your team members to prioritize the wellness of those you serve.

Check out some honorable mentions about creating a positive culture, Dementia, space/environment, DEI, mentoring, nutrition, and ageism:

• Why Empathetic Organizations are Game Changers
• Mission-Minded Recruitment: Finding Passionate Talent
• Creating Outdoor Spaces that Become Places
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
• Mentoring for Recruitment and Retention
• The Vital Role of the Registered Dietitian in Skilled Nursing
• Disrupt Ageism
• Language