“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” - HERBERT SPENCER
A Shout-Out to our Educators
If you are fortunate to have encountered one of our 12 AgeCare Educators, you will no doubt have lots to say about their solid work ethic, adaptability, and their incredibly diverse proficiencies!
Did you know that all AgeCare Educators are clinical professionals (of varying degrees)? As a team under the adept leadership of Jennifer Grusing, Director of Education, they are responsible for all education of every employee in the organization? So how can they possibly achieve this monumental mandate? By applying a formula that includes facilitating, collaborating, and delivering education themselves.
In normal times (pre-pandemic), this team regularly brought employees together in classrooms and initiated plenty of out-of-classroom learning. They even instructed a dementia education course called AgeCare Moments that tasked staff to complete five full modules, giving them certification and advanced skills in dementia care. This was just one of the many ways they fortified and elevated staff competencies.
But then the pandemic hit, and everyone’s jobs changed.
As with many with our staff, for the Education team, flexibility saved the day! They had to stop bringing people together to learn in classrooms and instead brought their expertise to the floor, becoming both teachers and implementers. Currently, they provide ongoing and in the moment training on COVID-related PPE, rapid antigen screening, and so on. And as is the AgeCare way, they are wondrous multitaskers! Jumping in to help with whatever needs to be done to serve residents at their sites – everything from dispensing medication to delivering food trays.
“They are a phenomenal group of people to work with – they just adapt and do what needs to be done. I’m so proud of my team,” said Jennifer.
