Employee Caregiving Solutions

The Institutional and Social Costs and Challenges of Not Changing-How We Think About Caregiving

in Blogs, CareWise Corner

Let’s dig into some of the institutional challenges and costs we’ll face if we don’t change our perspective on caregiving. The Costs of Traditional Caregiving to the Economy Traditional caregiving is a huge burden on the US economy as a whole: Over 43 million people in the US currently provide caregiving for relatives. The economic [...]

Why Pro-Care Work Environments are Becoming an Institutional Necessity

in Blogs, CareWise Corner

There is an institutional crisis brewing in the US economy and workforce — family caregiving. The dual employment issue caused by employed workers having to provide unpaid family care at the same time as performing their job roles is not sustainable. These issues will spill out of the home and into our institutions, and we [...]

The Growing Pressures of Caregiving on Employees and Business — Your Questions, Answered

in Blogs, Caregiving, Caregiving Ecosystem, Employee Caregivers, Mobile Enterprise

The Newest Talent Magnet Hard-hitting Employee Care And Job Retention Policy How is the labor market changing? The negative impact of family caregiving needs on our employment system is growing. Businesses typically see caregiving as a personal or private matter. It is also a work and workforce threat, especially in a shrinking labor market. The [...]

The Growing Pressures of Caregiving on Employees and Business

in Blogs, Caregiving, Employee Caregiving, Family Caregiving

Is Caregiving Really Dual Employment There are many implications for a “dual-employed workforce”. Increasing needs in elder care, combined with inadequate support from the government, insurers, and healthcare providers are all leading to an unstable caregiving infrastructure that impacts individuals and businesses. The good news is that we know this is a problem. We can […]

What role has the healthcare, insurance, government and caregiving provider industry played?

in Blogs, Caregiving, Caregiving Ecosystem, Caregiving solutions, Caregiving technology, Healthcare, Healthcare disruption, Healthcare ecosystem, Home Caregiving

Unfortunately, informal, and home caregiving provision hasn’t received the investment and attention in the newest technology platforms in m-health, healthcare disruption, smart home, and other forward-looking efforts. Infrastructure and resource reallocation addressing non-medical care, local nursing and/ or home caregiving labor markets continue between the working family and formal care organizations. Without these joint efforts, increasingly, more and more healthcare and medical roles are falling to unpaid family members.

Is Enough Being Done for Caregivers?

in Blogs, Care Technology

As you can probably guess, the answer is no. It’s true that some initiatives are delivering minor improvements

Gaps in Existing Caregiving Ecosystems and What We Can Do About It? — Your Questions, Answered

in Blogs, Business, Caregiving Ecosystem, Employee Caregivers

We’ve already talked about the growing pressure on employee caregivers and others and that post provides some very useful context for the questions we’re going to answer here. It’s important that we look at some of the more structural issues and problems with employees being primary caregivers, and what needs to change.

Employee Caregiving Ideology

in Advocacy Topics, Blogs

Is It Time To Shift Your Corporate Employee Caregiving Ideology? It’s no secret that the baby boomer generation is aging, more than 10,000 are reported to be reaching age 65 every day. As the demographics of our 70 million aging boomers grow – more co-workers will be tackling family caregiving jobs. Moreover overlooked by most […]

IoT Connectivity Can Change Unreasonable Caregiving Expectations

in Blogs, Business, IOT Connectivity, Work Life Balance, Workforce strategy

Use IoT Devices, Mobile Apps, and Connectivity to Empower Your Caregiving Workforce. One of the most powerful ways to address changing workforce demands and flexibility is through a mobile enterprise first, location-independent approach. The technology you choose will make a drastic difference to the productivity of your at-home employees. Connected devices and apps are undergoing […]

The Changing Workforce and the Need to Support Employee Carers

in Blogs, Business, Caregiving

Your Business Success depends on having an engaged, motivated, and diverse workforce with access to technology that supports communications, productivity, and location-independence. That’s why we’re seeing such a strong drive towards the mobile enterprise, as employees move away from office-bound roles to work from anywhere. However this desire for remote and virtual working isn’t just […]

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