Caregiver Technology Solution, alska, Recommended As Employee Benefit

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Caregiver technology solution, alska was named as a solution employers should consider for supporting working caregivers. Northeast Business Group on Health in partnership with AARP published the guide "Digital Tools and Solutions for Caregiving; An Employers Guide" as follow up to a previous study and guide titled "Supporting Caregivers in the Workplace, a Practical Guide for Employers." The guide brings much needed awareness to the struggles of working caregivers, the costs to employers and the best methods to support them. "These costs are related to absenteeism, lost productivity while managing caregiving tasks at work and higher healthcare costs," says alska founder and CEO Michelle Chaffee.

Research shows that employers are losing an average of $38 billion per year to costs associated with employees who are also caring for a loved one and that number is on the rise as we see aging demographics in the United States that are unprecedented. In addition, over 50% of working caregivers don't want their employer to even know they are a caregiver. "I have been in the trenches with caregivers and supporting them for over ten years," Chaffee added.  She created alska to better organize care for the clients she assisted as a health professional and professional patient advocate. "I saw the gaps in communication, tracking of medications and appointments but also needed a place to monitor important biometric information to better manage the chronic diseases so many of my clients suffered from."

Virtual caregiver support groups, live webinars and soon, online education, are a part of the comprehensive solution alska provides. Chaffee consults with corporations on creating strategies to improve the way they support working caregivers and believes educating and empowering them with solutions will ease their challenges. "It's something that's not going away, caregiving isn't only an adult daughter caring for her aging parents. It's millennials caring for parents and grandparents,  wives of injured and disabled veterans, parents with children who have developmental or physical limitations and husbands caring for wives with cancer, caregivers are everywhere and they're struggling." 

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