Every afternoon, personal support worker Susan (name changed) struggled with administering medication to a particular elderly patient in the dementia ward where she worked. On one such occasion, fed ...

We're all tired and could do with a four-day working week... and have a lot going on in our personal lives. But, while you may have heard of burnout (where prolonged stress affects our wellbeing), ...

designed by Charles R. Figley, founder of the International Traumatology Institute, measures levels of compassion fatigue, burnout, and satisfaction and can give those who take the test an indication ...

In the field of palliative of care, there is ever-increasing interest in the concept of compassion fatigue. Related topics include stress, burnout, self-care, and work-life balance. Little attention ...

Credit: Getty Images. A study sought to determine if mindfulness-based stress reduction would ease compassion fatigue and burnout among the facility’s pediatric oncology nurses. A mindfulness-based ...

If you work in a professional setting that deals with other people’s trauma day in and day out — at a hospital, in a psychologist’s office, or at a homeless shelter, for example — you may experience a ...

How Compassion Fatigue Can Overwhelm Charity Workers — and What to Do About It the International Traumatology Institute, measures levels of compassion fatigue, burnout, and satisfaction and can give ...

NEWPORT, Wales — Compassion has its limits and doctors need care too, experts warned at a well-being session at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Annual Conference 2025. Presenters Dr ...

In April 2020, my great-aunt suddenly died from a rare and aggressive cancer. She was an adored and hilarious high school “cafeteria lady” of 20 years, but her funeral wasn’t the celebratory affair I ...

Can caring too much hurt your mental health? It's called compassion fatigue, and mental health experts say it's a phenomenon that occurs most commonly in people who work in professions like caretaking ...