Conduct a Gaps Analysis or Benefits Review
Does your company offer the benefits employees need and want most: flexible scheduling, telecommuting, help finding services, assistance with legal, financial and insurance issues, and information on health and aging?
Provide Information Resources
Employees can be afraid to ask for help. Provide access to resources they can use on their own—from a web site that lets them study your employee benefits plan to information on SeniorNavigator.org, a free, comprehensive resource on senior aging and a link to local services. You can also refer them to the Employed Caregiver page on this site for additional resources.
Be repetitive. Most employees don’t anticipate having to provide care, so send a “refresher” memo several times a year, recapping your company’s benefits. Also consider having your Human Resources department send E-QUICKTIPS to employees as a quiet reminder that your company is caregiver-friendly.
Copy Best Practices: Tools to Assist Employers
Caregiver coalitions across the state of Virginia are creating materials that address the growing issue of eldercare and employed caregiving, partnering with businesses in their areas to make a change.
Feel free to browse through these items for ideas or print and customize them for your specific needs.
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Basic Information and Marketing Materials
- Partnership for Employed Caregivers (PEC) (Powerpoint document)
- PEC Poster (PDF)
- PEC Poster (Word document)
- PEC business card (PDF)
- PEC letterhead (PDF)
- Workplace Partners for Eldercare brochure (PDF)
Resources for Employees
- Senior Quick-Guide (PDF)
- Senior Quick-Guide (Word document)
- Caregiver Guide (PDF)
- Caregiver Guide (Word document)
- Talk to Employers About Eldercare (PDF)
- Talk to Employers About Eldercare (Word document)
Resources for Employers
- Managers Workbook (PDF)
- Managers Workbook (Word document)
- Calculating Your Eldercare Costs (PDF)
- Calculating Your Eldercare Costs (Word document)
- Anonymous Survey for Employees (PDF)
- Anonymous Survey for Employees (Word document)
- Talk to Employees about Eldercare (PDF)
- Talk to Employees about Eldercare (Word document)
- Business Strategies for Being Eldercare Friendly (PDF)
- Business Strategies for Being Eldercare Friendly (Word document)
