Notification announcement
Date:2022-06-09
On June 7th, 2022, the online non-profit training classes of China Association of Social Welfare and Senior Services (hereinafter referred to as CASWSS) themed by ‘Join Hands to Respond to the Pandemic and Tackle Challenges, Inject Impetus to Our Development’ were successfully launched. Feng Xiaoli, President of CASWSS and Liu Songhuai, Director of Department of Psychology of China Rehabilitation Research Center attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Guo Zhihua, Vice Director of Department of Clinical Psychology of China Rehabilitation Research Center gave lessons after the opening ceremony. The training was hosted by Bian Jing, Director of Training Department of CASWSS, with more than 10,000 older persons and working staff from senior care organizations of 29 provinces nationwide participating.
In her speech, President Feng Xiaoli firstly extended her sincere appreciation to all members for considerately organizing older persons and work teams to participate in this online training, and paid high tribute to the working staff who are protecting the older persons on the front against the pandemic. She also extended her best wishes to students taking college entrance examinations that day. She gave a brief introduction of the three services CASWSS delivered to all members fighting on the frontline against the pandemic: firstly, on May 1st, the International Labour’s Day, CASWSS sent a consolation letter to front workers of elderly services; secondly, on May 16th, CASWSS held a special online meeting, themed by ‘Unite as One in Response to the Pandemic and Join Hands to March forward’ to help boost the development of senior care organizations; thirdly, on June 1st, CASWSS organized the ‘Special Online Meeting to Inject Impetus for Senior Care Associations under the COVID-19 Pandemic’. Through these events, CASWSS widely listened to the highlights of elderly service industries in the fight against the pandemic, helped address their difficulties and service needs, and developed timely series of non-profit training courses, which are officially launched this day.
Feng Xiaoli, President of CASWSS attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.President Feng Xiaoli introduced the features of this non-profit training classes series:
Firstly, the courses are designed with strong pertinence. The two lectures given by professionals--Recognition and Diffusion of Older Persons’ Anxiety and Depression under the Pandemic, and Pressure and Emotion Management for Working Staffs of Senior Care Organizations under the Pandemic, are targeted to promptly help relieve the pressure and anxiety of the elderly and working staffs in senior care organizations. Secondly, the courses are designed with clear priorities. They centre on building team culture for front-line servers who have long been fighting against the pandemic, with a view to strengthening cohesion and capability. Thirdly, the courses and designed to address the painstaking challenges faced by senior care organizations. Outstanding managers are invited to share their experiences in tackling multiple challenges brought by the pandemic, including the increase of risks and the difficulties of operation, etc. President Feng is eager to see that this series of non-profit training courses will serve the members efficiently, help address their multiple obstacles and prop up their confidence to serve the elderly and enhance management with fresh spirits, so as to play their due role in implementing the government departments’ supportive policies to help senior care organizations surmount hardships.
Director Liu Songhuai attended the opening ceremony and gave lessons.
In his speech, Director Liu Songhuai expressed his appreciation to CASWSS for inviting him to attend the opening ceremony. He paid high tribute to CASWSS for developing these non-profit courses with such sufficient content for the industry. As an old friend, he was willing to share relevant knowledge on psychology to help the elder group and the work team of senior care organizations overcome difficulties due to the pandemic, such as anxiety, negative induced emotions, etc. He also wished the non-profit training classes themed by ‘Join Hands to Respond to the Pandemic and Tackle Challenges, Inject Impetus to Our Development’ a full success.
Vice Director Guo Zhihua attended the opening ceremony and gave lessons.
After the opening ceremony, Guo Zhihua, Vice Director of Department of Clinical Psychology of China Rehabilitation Research Center gave the first lesson: Recognition and Diffusion of Older Persons’ Anxiety and Depression under the Pandemic. The lesson was taught from three perspectives, namely Older Persons’ Anxiety and Depression under the Pandemic, Recognition of Older Persons’ Anxiety and Depression, and How to Defuse Older Persons’ Anxiety and Depression. With theories and case studies finely combined, the lecture achieved splendid results and Vice Director Guo interacted closely with the students and answered their questions on the spot. His professional spirit and high-level teaching received flooding thumbs from students online.
The timely launch of a series of non-profit training classes by CASWSS has received wide attention from the whole industry. 562 senior care organizations from 29 provinces actively responded and organized older persons and work staff within their institutions to participate, and more than 10,000 older persons and staff from senior care organizations watched the live lectures. After the courses, many participating students commented the following:
Beijing United-Homes Elderly Services Group Co.Ltd: It is quite warm to see the leaders and professors of CASWSS in the live streaming. We are grateful that CASWSS has organized these very timely non-profit classes. The lectures given by Vice Director Guo accurately addressed the senior care organizations’ curricula needs under the pandemic. Our institution has been under closed management for 3 months, and our director and nurses can feel the emotional changes of the elderly everyday. The psychology course is very helpful for us to provide more humanistic services in the future.
Shanghai Zhongfuhui Nursing Home (online comments): The curricula are well designed. They are truly helpful for us to respond to the pandemic.
Harbin Seafarer Nursing Home of Heilongjiang Province (phone comments): We appreciate CASWSS’s care for us members. The non-profit courses are of rich content, and our staff and older persons all sent very well reflections on these lectures.
Xi’an Elderly Rehabilitation Center: Under long-term closed management, our staffs and the elderly are anxious emotionally, and some even showed symptoms of depression, which we have no proper way to help relieve. After the lectures, we had a correct understanding and thus benefited a lot.
The first course of the series of non-profit training classes has achieved full success. In the following courses, the specialist team and CASWSS’s working staff will continue to provide high-quality services with sincerity. We look forward to the active participation of our members and elderly service colleagues nationwide.
(Source: China Association of Social Welfare and Senior Services)