Seminar to address causes, ways of dealing with caregiver fatigue | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Seminar to address causes, ways of dealing with caregiver fatigue Seminar to address causes, ways of dealing with caregiver fatigue Published: November 01, 2018 Author: Erin Blasko Dominic Vachon Dominic Vachon, the John G. Sheedy, M.D., Director of the Ruth M. Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine at the University of Notre Dame, will talk about caregiver fatigue as part of the Walking Alongside seminar “Compassionate Care: Strategies for Coping with Caregiver Fatigue,” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 8) at the Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture. A practicing psychologist, Vachon will address some of the causes of caregiver fatigue as well as strategies for dealing with fatigue. Vachon is a professor of the practice in the Department of Preprofessional Studies in the College of Science at Notre Dame. He holds two bachelor’s degrees — psychology and philosophy — and a master of divinity degree from Notre Dame. He also holds a doctorate in counseling psychology from Loyola University, Chicago, Vachon has devoted the past 25 years of his professional career to supporting and training physicians, residents, medical students, premedical students, nurses and other clinicians in patient communication skills as well as dealing with burnout and the recovery of compassionate care in the inner lives of clinicians and anyone who is involved in caregiving. His book “How Doctors Care: The Science of Compassionate and Balanced Caring” will be released in August. Walking Alongside is a presentation of the Department of Community Relations, the Department of Human Resources and Campus Ministries at Notre Dame, in collaboration with 1st Source Bank Wealth Advisory, Saint Joseph Health System Insurance Services, St. Paul’s Retirement Community and the Michiana Institute for Successful Aging. For more information or to register for the seminar, email Vicky Hernandez at hernandez.89@nd.edu or call 574-631-3249 by Wednesday (Nov. 6). Contact: Erin Blasko, assistant director of media relations, 574-631-4127, eblasko@nd.edu Posted In: Community News Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related September 30, 2022 New prison education initiative joins Center for Social Concerns September 19, 2022 Notre Dame Stories: Helping the Last of the Instrument Makers September 15, 2022 South Bend offers free, pre-approved house plans with input from Notre Dame September 12, 2022 Notre Dame dedicates new hydro facility along St. Joseph River in South Bend August 30, 2022 School of Architecture’s community regeneration efforts lead to $2.4M development grant for South Bend For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn