Well, Now: Who Cares for the Caregivers?

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🗓️ 18 September 2024

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Nearly half of healthcare workers are at a breaking point, describing that they often or very often feel burnt out on the job. Most of us have heard the phrase “Put on your oxygen mask before helping others,” but rarely does that happen especially for those who work as caregivers. Psychiatrist Dr. Jessi Gold knows this firsthand when her mental overload caused her to make an unthinkable mistake with a patient. This error forced her to step back and reassess her relationship with the healthcare industry as a whole. On this week’s episode of Well, Now Maya and Kavita speak with Dr. Gold about her latest book How Do You Feel?, and how by looking at the healthcare system through the eyes of her caregiver patients, she began to see the shared struggle many healthcare workers have to find the humanity in their work again. If you liked this episode, check out: How Nick Cannon Got Celebrities to Open Up About Their Mental Health Well, Now is hosted by registered dietitian nutritionist Maya Feller and Dr. Kavita Patel. Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry with editorial oversight by Alicia Montgomery. Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to wellnow@slate.com Want to listen to Well, Now uninterrupted? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock ad-free listening to Well, Now and all your other favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/wellplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Well Now, Sleyts podcast on Health and Wellness.
0:10.1	I'm Maya Fellow.
0:11.1	And I'm Kavita Patel. Today we're diving into a crucial topic that's been on the minds of many in the health care community,
0:17.1	but not often talked about, the mental health of our health care workers.
0:21.7	Maya, have you ever been asked, are you okay at work and you say yes when you
0:26.1	really aren't? Kavita 100%. Usually my default answer is, I'm great, everything's fine, fine and even worse I am known to show up at
0:36.2	work at all costs regardless of what is going on with me physically or
0:41.5	emotionally I mean I have worked through some of the most traumatic
0:45.2	things that have happened in my life without batting an eye. What about you
0:49.9	Kavita? Oh the same I think it's all very clear that when anyone asks, are you okay, they might as
0:56.8	well be saying, you know, the sky is blue, sure, you know, that you've got two feet,
1:01.1	yes, because that's exactly what the answers are, almost reflexively.
1:04.5	Well, we've all heard the phrase, put your own oxygen mask on first, but for many in the health
1:10.7	care, self-care often takes a back seat to patient care.
1:14.5	The mental health care crisis amongst health care workers
1:17.0	has been brewing for years, decades.
1:19.4	But the COVID-19 pandemic really brought it
1:21.8	to the forefront.
1:23.0	A recent study found that nearly half of health care workers reported feeling burned out often, or very often in 2022.
1:30.0	That's a study from the CDC.
1:32.0	That's up from just under a third four years earlier. So think about it.
1:37.1	Third of health care workers in 2018 saying they were burned out very often or
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