b'COPING STRATEGIESand implementation of the recommendation data provided by long-term care staff must now takeHow employers can helpinto account the new world context the COVID-19 pandemic is leaving inThe staff in the long-term care sites in this study demonstrated its wake.a high degree of resilience and compassion in the face of multiple challenges while caring for dying elders, but also It is essential that long-term carehighlighted the suffering and harm they are vulnerable to as a receives generous investment andresult of these challenges and their hope and determination for provisioning in line with other sectorschange. Their recommendations build on their strengths and of health care and that this investmentresilience while hoping to remove obstacles and obtain much-prioritization includes the investmentneeded resources to address their burnout and moral distress.in the long-term care staff themselves. Multi-level strategies (Individual, Team, Organization, and Higher Learning)What supports have helped you in the past? need to be effectively integrated; theyDebriefing, talking with colleagues, families andneed to be embraced by leadershipfriends, meditation (government and organization), T eam huddles/updates on residents condition enthusiastically practised by individuals and teams, enhanced through further Pastoral care staff, memorials/rituals, and faith/prayers research and development, and shared through higher education andEducation/workshops on death and dying for staff and family professional development. Palliative care teamembedded palliative care nurses onsiteThe excellent care long-term careWhat supports might help you in the future? staff offer to frail residents, especially through the dying process, dependsIncreased awareness of Palliative Approach and pain-free/so much on their own emotional,peaceful death for resident physical, and spiritual health. LTCT End-of-life (EOL) education for staff and residents families This article has been excerpted fromand on bedside communication on EOL the full research study published in Time to reflect/grieve/processthe Journal of Long-Term Care and now available online. Pott, K., Chan,Spirituality and increased presence of pastoral careK., Leclerc, A., Bernard, C., Song, A.,Adequate resources for private space for the dying residents, Puyat, J. and Rodney, P., 2020. Deathstaffing, timein Long-Term Care: Focus Groups and Interviews Identify Strategies toOrganizational acknowledgementAlleviate Staff Burnout. Journal of Long-Term Care (2020), pp.131143. DOI: http://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.34TMTMwww.oltca.com LONG TERM CARE TODAY 21'