How You Can Ensure You’re Providing the Right Care to Your Elderly Parents Looking after an elderly parent is strenuous and often time-consuming, especially for those that already have jobs and families to look after themselves. However, this sort of thing can’t be helped and, most of us will, at...
Caregiving
Senior Driving – When to Take the Keys!? – Charlotte Today
Senior Driving Senior Driving is a complicated issue. Ninety-seven-year-old Prince Philip was involved in a car crash last month that injured two women and prompted a debate on older drivers in Britain. Then two days later he was photographed driving a Land Rover without a seatbelt. Of course that reignited...
Senior Driving – When to Take the Keys!? – Charlotte Today
Senior Driving Senior Driving is a complicated issue. Ninety-seven-year-old Prince Philip was involved in a car crash last month that injured two women and prompted a debate on older drivers in Britain. Then two days later he was photographed driving a Land Rover without a seatbelt. Of course that reignited...
7 THINGS ENLIGHTENED EMPLOYERS ARE DOING FOR CAREGIVERS
7 THINGS ENLIGHTENED EMPLOYERS ARE DOING FOR CAREGIVERS: ON WHICH END ARE YOU? More than 42 million U.S. families, that is, 21 percent of households, experience daily limitations caring for a dependent adult. The economic value of these unpaid contributions is more than $500 billion, which is up from $375...
The Caring Company-Harvard’s Landmark Study on Caregiving in the Workforce
Harvard’s Landmark Study on Caregiving in the Workforce I wanted to call your attention to a groundbreaking study by Harvard that was recently published called The Caring Company – How employers can help employees manage their caregiving responsibilities—while reducing costs and increasing productivity. The study is here – https://www.hbs.edu/managing-the-future-of-work/Documents/The%20Caring%20Company%20-%2001.17.19.pdf and an article by...
The Impact of Caregiving on Relationships – Charlotte Today
Caregiving and Relationships – It’s Complicated Caregiving – University of Washington research shows that March and August are months when divorce filings peak. But online searches for “divorce” surge earlier in the year. Caregivers are particularly susceptible with 80% percent reporting strain on their relationships. Estimatesof the divorce rate for couples...
The Impact of Caregiving on Relationships – Charlotte Today
Caregiving and Relationships – It’s Complicated University of Washington research shows that March and August are months when divorce filings peak. But online searches for “divorce” surge earlier in the year. Caregivers are particularly susceptible with 80% percent reporting strain on their relationships. Estimatesof the divorce rate for couples in which...
Rita Anand is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit
Rita Anand is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit Rita is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit. Rita is a woman with a clear and intrinsic desire to help seniors and those caring for them. An Alzheimer’s and Dementia Trainer specializing in Memory Care, she is also a Certified Activity...
Kathryn Harrison is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit
Kathryn Harrison is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit Kathryn is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit. Author / Illustrator Kathryn Harrison started in science then became a business professional, communicator and, finally, an artist. After she earned a B.Sc. in Neurology, she went on to receive an M.B.A and...
Sonja Shute and Christina DeSantis are participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit
Sonja Shute and Christina DeSantis are participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit Sonja and Christina are participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit. Sonja is Senior Director of Presbyterian Senior Services’ Circle of Care program in New York City. Originally from Canada, Sonja received her Master of Social Work degree from Wilfrid...