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How to Expand your EAP and Benefits Program to Reduce Work and Caregiving Conflicts
A FREE Webinar on Tuesday, December 21, at 4pm ET
As year-end approaches, many HR and EAP professionals are looking toward 2022 wondering how to manage the “Great Resignation”, ongoing mental health issues, and absenteeism.
While making an impact for the 40% of employees with care challenges won’t solve every problem in your organization, it can make a difference for many.
To help companies like yours, the presentation offers some options for solutions you can implement immediately.
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Driving a car is a symbol of independence and competence and is closely tied to an individual’s identity. It also represents freedom and control and allows older adults to gain easy access to social connections, health care, shopping, activities, and even employment. At some point, however, it is predictable that driving skills will deteriorate and [...]Dealing with Anger and Resentment
I'm feeling more and more resentful these days and I'm coming across as bitter. There are days when the anger just seeps from inside, until it reveals it's ugly green head to the world. I don't mean to be like this and I'm ashamed of my own self at times. I think there are two [...]How to Tell Family You Can No Longer Be a Caregiver
Every day, Linda Snyder goes to her mother’s house in rural Pennsylvania, gets her out of bed, gives her breakfast and dresses her. Every night, she returns to put her to bed. Sometimes, when Snyder arrives, her mother will greet her with, “‘Oh, it’s you again.’ That doesn’t help,” says Snyder. Her mother, now 91, tried moving [...]Am I Responsible for My Aging Parents?
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Weighing up the Price of Caring for Elderly Parents
In an age where medical breakthroughs and technology are allowing people to live longer, often it’s the children of aging parents that are left in a position of having to step in as caregiver in an ailing situation. The impacts of this situation are intense and far-reaching and need to be considered carefully when weighing [...]
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