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Supporting Family Caregiving: How Employers Can Lead
Supporting Family Caregiving: How Employers Can Lead
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Recommendations to Build a Dementia-Capable Workforce and System amid COVID-19
To address the impact that the COVID-19 virus is having on people living with dementia and their caregivers, this brief analyzes recent policy and funding updates and puts forward the following actionable recommendations to build a COVID-19...Read Brief
Caregivers in the Workplace
The Milken Institute Future of Aging and The Johns Hopkins University Business of Health Initiative brought together prominent employers, researchers, caregiving advocates, and representatives of the business community for a half-day convening at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC. The group discussed the need to raise private-sector employers’ awareness of the unique hurdles faced by working family caregivers, especially those caring for older adults, and opportunities to identify, offer, and advocate for impactful and valued employer benefits and support programs aimed at improving their lives.
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