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In 1995, 33.6 million Americans were over the age of 65 and by 2005 that number will exceed 40 million. The fastest growing population in the U.S. is the ?old-old? (those over 85). As our population ages, there is a greater need for personal care. In 1994 Cheap Barcelona Hoodies , 25% of our elderly population required some form of daily assistance.
So who is providing this assistance? Nursing homes? In fact, only about 20% of our elderly are in nursing homes. The rest rely upon family members and the vast majority of these care givers are women. What is more amazing is that 64% of these women also hold either full or part-time jobs. And, if that wasn't enough, nearly a majority of them also care for children under the age of 18.
What is the implication of this on the workplace? What ?condition? are these caregivers in when they come to work every day? As employers Cheap Barcelona Shirts , what can you do to assist them?
The impact on employers is significant. With employees faced with the dual demands of family and work, there will be increased tardiness and absenteeism. Employees will be working less hours and sick leave benefits will be used at a greater rate. A recent the Wall Street Journal survey reports that employees feel entitled to take this time off. Beyond the issue of attendance, we can expect to see a rise in early resignations, and retirements and a decline in worker productivity.
So what can employers do to address this issue? What assistance can they provide?
Employees are faced with difficult choices. How can they balance work with the need to provide care for their families? This issue creates tremendous stress that does not go away when employees arrive at work.
Employers can do much to ease the pressure and in some cases Cheap Barcelona Jerseys , can even provide some solutions. Elder care referral services is a tremendous, inexpensive benefit. Local community service organizations are more than willing to work with employers and their employees to help them during this period. Unfortunately, according to a recent Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) survey, only 14% of employers are utilizing such a benefit.
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) are another tool to help employees. EAPs can both assist in finding eldercare services as well as helping employees deal with the stresses and psychological impact of this enormous burden.
Employers must also look at their leave policies. The Family and Medical Leave and Massachusetts? Small Necessities Leave provide legally mandated relief for workers. However Xavi Hernandez Jersey , these leaves are unpaid and employers may be able to restructure their benefit plans to begin providing paid leave.
Finally, employers are going to be forced to provide workers with greater flexibility in their work schedules to accommodate those who are care givers or they will run the risk of losing them. This means adjustments to current policies and procedures, as well as training and educating managers to deal with employees faced with this issue.
The reality of an aging population is here. Employers must work closely with their employees to find solutions to this societal problem.
Procrastination - well, we all suffer from it at some point (often many points in our lives).
Sometimes we can get completely paralysed when we think of just how much we have to do.
"Don't put off until tomorrow...". Somehow turns into "Don't do today (or even tomorrow) that which you could possibly put off till forever". And if we have such busy lives (as we increasingly seem to have) Thomas Vermaelen Jersey , we don't really have time to procrastinate, do we?
But however busy and well-organised we may seem to the outside world, most of us have things lurking around that stubbornly don't seem to get done: filing a tax return, clearing out the attic Sergio Busquets Jersey , defrosting the freezer, going to the dentist, etc.
We can even remember the relief we experienced the last time we completed something that took forever to get done: "That wasn't so bad after all," is usually the sentiment.
And every year we vow that this year we're really going to do a totally thorough Spring Clean. And how often does it just not get done?
Why not? Why do we get stuck on certain things and are unable to act with decisiveness and ease? Why do some things just keep falling off the bottom of the list?
Well here are some of the more usual reasons:
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So one side of us is saying Sergi Roberto Jersey , "Just do it!" And the other is in thrall to all these powerful emotional blockages that mean we can't. When all this stuff gets in the way, the only way to get back to "Just do it!" is if we can somehow choose to do it.
"Oh right, just choose to do it. You think that's so easy? If I could just choose it, I would."
First step: If we recognise there are some stumbling blocks that are just going to be hard to get over then we can begin to do something about it.
Second step: Giving yourself a bad time isn't going to help. Telling yourself "I should" or "I must" is just going to reinforce the very thing that stops you.
Third step: Treat yourself a little more gently. There are good reasons why you don't do these things. Give yourself a bit of empathy for your recalcitrance.
Ok Samuel Umtiti Jersey , so start with working out what the payoff is for staying stuck. The first most obvious, is that you get to stay feeling bad. You don't just do it, and then you can continue to feel bad for not just doing it. A crazy, but common cycle that reinforces just how useless we are.
It wouldn't hurt to make a list (even a mental one) of what your own payoffs are for staying stuck.
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