Corporate America and Caregiving

How Has COVID-19 IMPACTED YOUR EMPLOYEES?

By StellaNsong on July 5, 2020 / Elder Care Cliff, Employee Elder care Assistance Program

Over the last two decades, there has been a growing discussion about the impact of family caregiving on employee health, absenteeism, productivity, and work life balance in Corporate America.

Many corporations have invested heavily in work life balance departments without significant measurable results. Although most of America is now closer to the elder care cliff because the population is older, as a country, we are less prepared than we were ten years ago.

So where and how do we begin to fix this challenge?

ADDITIONAL HELP FOR BUSINESSES BEYOND PPP & CARES ACT

By StellaNsong on July 5, 2020 / Employee Productivity

COVID-19 is the only occurrence that has unified the world through a pandemic and an economic crisis at once. It has also brought additional challenges for businesses whose goal is to keep employees paid, employed, healthy, safe and productive while working from home. Productivity is not everything, but it is right up there close to cash flow.

The Society for Human Resource Management has described Caregiving as the silent productivity killer. The Metlife study of Employer Costs for Working Caregivers estimated that U.S employers lose approximately 29 billion dollars each year as a result of employee Caregiving that interferes with work responsibilities.

CALLING ALL CEOs & HR EXECUTIVES: What is the common denominator of your 5.1:1?

By StellaNsong on July 5, 2020 / Corporate Eldercare, Elder Care Cliff

911, 411, 211 or 5.1:1: What could these numbers mean for your organization?

The first 911 call was made in 1968 and it is the number that is used today to get help in the event of an emergency. 411 is the number we dial for telephone directory assistance and with the use of the internet and having information at our finger tips via cell phones, I am sure 411 is not dialed as frequently as it used to be but it is still in use for those of us who like to talk to other humans and operators at the telephone directory that is.

Love, Family & Caregiving: The Life Altering Decision of Moving Your Parents Into Your Home

By StellaNsong on July 5, 2020 / Caregiving

Heidi turned the ringing alarm off. It was 6:00AM and time to get the kids off to school and then drive to her in-laws to provide care. Debbie, her 75 years old mother in-law who suffers with arthritis, cannot lift her father in-law, Jim, out of bed or help him to the shower. It is important that Jim gets into the shower daily because he is incontinent. This has been the daily routine since Jim’s stroke 3 years ago.

HOW TO GET EMPLOYEES TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY.

By StellaNsong on July 5, 2020 / Employee Engagement

A client once told me that a train station is where a train stops, a bus station is where a bus stops and a workstation is where a worker stops. So why is it that some employees go above and beyond their call of duty while others just sit at the workstation and do just enough to avoid being terminated?

Turns out that it is a matter of HEART POWER. Heart power is the engaged passion for excellence in workers of an organization. The more heart power your company has, the higher the employee engagement, the higher the productivity, the better the work environment, the lower your cost and the more profitable the company will be. Here are 4 ways to build heart power in your company.