Future of Work
Caregiving now touches most of the U.S. workforce. Nearly 73% of employees have some caregiving role, and about 30% support an older adult. The resulting absenteeism, presenteeism, and turnover cost employers an estimated $68 billion annually. Caregivers devote an average of 24 hours per week to care in addition to their jobs – making this…
Benjamin Surmi highlighted the loss of 400,000 nurses since the pandemic, with a need for 1.5 million more by 2028. We always love having Benjamin on the Rethinking Aging Club podcasts. He is a regular on our News for the Ages. Here is our NFTA 3-11-25. Carol Fujiyoshi noted a 27% turnover rate in some…
We were honored to have leading authors Bradley Schurman and Kerry Hannon join us for a discussion of their books. Book publicist Robert Newman provided book promotion tips to all authors in our field. Our own Debbie Howard spoke about her Caregiving Crisis book. Bradley Schurman gave some insights from his “The Super Age Decoding…
Discussion hosted by Linda Sherman, Ray Gordon, and Debbie Howard Articles are listed in the order they were presented and discussed, followed by Debbie’s summary of this show. Presented by Benjamin Surmi, Koelsch Communities Los Angeles Daily News 8-13-23 Communicating I am a Senior by Helen Dennis https://www.dailynews.com/2023/08/13/successful-aging-am-i-a-senior/ Presented by Elizabeth Magallon Fleury, LifesEncore.com WSJ 8-31-23 Politicians, Health and…
