Supporting Your Workforce: Caregivers of Adults
Caregivers of adults face a unique set of challenges that may impact their mental health. Managers can play an important role in supporting them by creating a psychologically safe work culture.
Caregivers of adults face a unique set of challenges that may impact their mental health. Managers can play an important role in supporting them by creating a psychologically safe work culture.
Whether it’s an aging parent, spouse, adult child, or another adult who needs extended care, caregivers of adults are a growing segment of the population. Caregiving can affect a person’s ability to work, maintain relationships, and tend to their own physical and mental health. With at least 11 percent of surveyed employees providing adult dependent care, it’s important for managers to understand how to help their team members cope.
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