The next Caregiving broadcast sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services New Freedom Initiative Subcommittee (NFI) is scheduled for September 17, 2008, from 1:00 p.m.—2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).
The broadcast will focus on Innovative Employer Caregiving Programs and include presentations from employers and other organizations that have developed and conducted successful programs for employed caregivers. Presenters will discuss their experience with these programs and how they can be replicated by others to help employed caregivers.
If you are an Employer looking to expand or create services and programs to support your employed caregivers, a Caregiver working full or part-time and caring for a loved one, an Organization that provides caregiver services, or any one else with an interest in Caregiving, please make plans now to join us on September 17th.
To learn more about the broadcast or to register as an individual viewer or as a host viewing site, please go to: http://www.blsmeetings.net/caregivers/ .
Innovative Employer Caregiving Programs Broadcast
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
1:00–2:00 P.M. (Eastern Time)
- EMPLOYERS looking to expand or create services and programs to support your employed caregivers
- CAREGIVERS working full or part-time and caring for a loved one
- ORGANIZATIONS providing caregiver services
Goal:
This broadcast will provide employers, caregivers, and human services professionals with information about and examples of successful programs for employed caregivers. Presenters will discuss the current research and describe programs designed to support
employed caregivers. Listeners will hear first hand how employers are addressing this issue, learn how caregivers are finding the support they need to more successfully
balance their work and caregiving responsibilities, and discover tips and methods for replicating these approaches in their own agencies and companies.
Target Audience—Employed caregivers, employers, business trade associations, family
caregivers, caregiver coalitions, service providers, disease-specific organizations,
Area Agencies on Aging, State Units on Aging, Departments of Health, State Health Insurance Assistance Programs, health care providers, hospitals, and others with interest in helping family caregivers.
Program:
• Introductory Remarks Kerry Weems, Acting Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services • Presentations which highlight Employer Caregiving Programs with demonstrated success in diverse employer settings. • There will be a live 30 minute Q & A session following the broadcast via audio lines only beginning at 2 p.m. (Eastern Time.) This will be a real opportunity to discuss implementing these programs at your organization.
How to Register:
To register and find out more information on the broadcast, how/where it can be viewed,
and how to access the live Q & A please go to www.blsmeetings.net/caregivers.
If you have any questions, please email us at caregivers@cms.hhs.gov.
Lisa C. McGuire, Ph.D. Healthy Aging Program Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of Adult and Community Health 4770 Buford Highway Mailstop K-45 Atlanta, GA 30341
LMcGuire@cdc.gov
770-488-6350 (Direct) 770-488-5360 (Office) 770-488-8488 (Fax)
