These videos are from the Elderly Safety Training Seminar 2020/2021, which took place on September 29-30 in Minsk.
In the first video the participants (specialists from organizations supporting WWII generation) tell how they overcame new challenges in their work in 2020.
1:37 Trying to find out the challenges that emerged in 2020
8:40 Participants discuss how they overcame these challenges
10:40 “Isolation challenge”
13:15 “Information Challenges”
15:07 “Emotion Challenges”
The next one shows a session about emergency psychological assistance for the elderly in crisis situations. The speaker here is psychologist Elena Yashchenko (“ELA” organization, Israel).
0:35 – What is neuroticization, stress and maladjustment
1:32 – First psychological groups and individually support
04:19 – Some first psychological support tools in crisis situations
09:02 – Group work on hypothetical stress scenarios
10:09 – Resolving case: one of a senior group becomes over emotional and “infects” others with his negative emotions
11:11 – Resolving case: a ward asks the patronage worker instead of the usual duties to talk about political life in the country
This one shows a session how to create a psychologically safe space in the family for a senior person, when the external environment seems to be hostile to him. The speaker here is psychologist, mental health specialist Katerina Sergeeva (Hesed Rachamim organization, Minsk).
0:58 – How our mind perceives the fragmented information
2:47 – Prosperous life criteria in third age
3:06 – What criterias of well-being were violated in 2020 and how to create the feeling that “everything is fine”
5:14 – How the external environment has recently changed the emotional background of a senior person
6:04 – Creating a safe space
6:33 – “Convince Me” activity
8:51 – How the mind of people with well-established beliefs works
10:53 – How to talk about sensitive topics with older people
This video shows a session how to provide phone psychosocial support to elderly people in crisis situations. The speaker here is psychologist Iryna Mialik (Belarus Red Cross Center Open House, Minsk).
0:27 – Types of aging and how to use them in senior phone consultation
1:48 – Seniors anxiety symptoms
2:42 – Three main rules of distant psychosocial support
6:50 – Skills of effective communication in a telephone consultation
In the last one video there are the highlights of a training session how to effectively and safely organize volunteer work with lonely elderly people during the COVID-19 pandemic. The training was conducted by Sviatlana Anatsko, a specialist of the Medical and Social Work Department (Belarusian Red Cross Society).
0:30 – Agreement signed by the volunteer. Features of providing volunteer assistance during a pandemic
2:28 – Mask using
5:10 – “How to wash your hands correctly”
7:09 – Other important safety tips for volunteers
7:40 – Delivery algorithm of medical prescriptions by volunteers to elderly people who are in isolation
10:01 – Delivery algorithm of groceries by volunteers to elderly people who are in isolation
