Anger Management Workshop for Caregivers / 日本農村医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

　　Stress that care workers are experiencing inevitably has bad influence on the quality of life of those old people who need nursing care. It is, therefore, a matter of urgency to work out some effective measures to deal with the mental health problems of care workers and others engaged in nursing care services. In view of the circumstances, we hold a workshop for caregivers with an aim at increasing their power to get anger under control. The workshop had four main sessions; (1) Free discussion on anger in general; (2) Distortion of thought; (3) 10 frequently observed irrational convictions; and (4) analysis of anger. Prior to the main sessions, all participants introduced themselves and told their stories about how they work off stress. In the free discussion, a world-cafe style was adopted. In the session (2) on distortion of thought, participants pondered on irrational convictions which had been formed in them on the basis of their experience. In the session (3), each participant gave his or her convictions apt to cause anger and replaced them with rational convictions. In the analysis of anger session (4), participants were asked to recall the scene in which they fumed, and role-play. The questionnaire survey taken after the seminor found that the anger management workshop had a beneficial effect on all the participants.