Awake overnight staff may have the same responsibilities as daytime workers; but there’s an extra battle they have to fight: drowsiness.
Employee sleep deprivation can lead to a whole host of issues on the job, including confusion, poor productivity and accidents. In fact, sleep deprivation has been linked to some major historical disasters, such as Chernobyl and the Exxon oil spill.
8 Ideas To Stay Awake
Tips to stay awake during your awake overnight shift
1.) Chore and task lists
Having varied activities throughout the night can keep you active and awake.
Awake overnight staff management, security check-ins at malls, and Electronic Visit Verification for home health aides are all examples of employee monitoring. The term “monitoring” has been a point of contention over the years—bouncing from bad to good to bad (and back again). The ambivalence surrounding this word deserves a little more exploration.
Continue reading Monitoring Your Staff: Big Brother or Safety System?SteadyCare recently sat down with Disability Cocoon for one of their weekly Tech Huddles. Take a look at the video to learn more about SteadyCare, and the Check-In Plus platform.
Continue reading SteadyCare Presentation with Disability Cocoon Tech HuddleBy all means, your facility should probably be using a workforce management solution to meet the needs of your staff. But when it comes to employee monitoring and presence verification, you should trust SteadyCare to do the job. If an incident happens: being able to validate employee presence is a valuable resource to have. Being proactive with using presence monitoring and verification software can also help your agency reduce the likelihood of incidents occurring because of awake overnight staff issues.
SteadyCare continues affiliation with The Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers (ADDP) in Massachusetts as a Silver Level Business Member for 2018. ADDP’s business program is designed to give for-profit businesses ways to connect with nonprofit organizations.
Source: A Place For MomYou’ve probably heard the term “dementia,” but you may be uncertain about what it means. A fair amount of confusion and misconception surrounds the term. The media, and even some in the medical community, have increasingly begun to use the word “dementia” as a synonym for Alzheimer’s disease.
Source: A Place For Mom Senior Living BlogSleep problems are common in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. They are also a common source of tension for family caregivers, because when your spouse or parent with Alzheimer’s doesn’t sleep well, this often means that you don’t sleep well.
Continue reading A Geriatrician’s Advice on Sleep Problems and Dementia
