st. andrews: long term care collaboration, education, and community outreach
DESCRIPTION
To explore a community’s response to the need for increased awareness of long term care and relative issuesTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
![Page 2: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Objectives
![Page 3: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Philosophy
• Including the family members as an integral component
• Education is the major ingredient for success
• Consumers (elders/families) are not well informed on long term care issues/services
• One organization/agency cannot do it alone
![Page 4: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Major Components
• Community Outreach
• Community Coalition
• Business Partnerships
![Page 5: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Strategies
• Active involvement in the larger community
• Well connected to service providers and community leaders
• Utilize a multi method approach
• Keep a pulse on trends/issues in long term care
• Advocate - Advocate - Advocate
![Page 6: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Community Outreach
• Web Site
• Newsletter
• Involvement on Boards, Committees and Local Associations
• Presentations
![Page 7: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Community Outreach
• Churches & Associations
• Area Agencies on Aging
• Elder Care Organizations
• Health Care Systems
• Governmental Agencies
• Media
![Page 8: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Community Coalition- Breakthrough Coalition
• Over 125 Elder Care Organizations, individuals and companies
• Work together to improve the lives of elders in our community
• Committed to a collaborative spirit, is dedicated to life enhancement for older adults within the community
![Page 9: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Community Coalition- Breakthrough Coalition
• 13 Years in operations
• Work is produced through several sub-committees
• Outreach; Religious Advocacy; Steering; Elder Count; Resource Guide; Education; Injury Prevention; Grandparent Network (new)
![Page 10: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Community Coalition- Breakthrough Coalition
• Provides networking, sharing, education, and a coordinated effort
• Concerted advocacy efforts
• Produces products
Community Resource
Guide, Training Programs,
Educational Materials & Seminars
• Bi-monthly educational workshops
![Page 11: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Business Partners
• 12 Businesses
• Over 15,000 employees
• To address the negative impact on the workplace from employed caregivers trying to balance work and family life
![Page 12: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Caring Workplace
• Responds to Work Place Elder Care Issues
• Addresses both the Employer and the Employee needs
• Fulfills the Mission of St. Andrew’s
![Page 13: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Caring Workplace Partners
![Page 14: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Caring Workplace
Connects Elders/Families to
• Experts in the non health related resources and products - such as:
• Attorneys
• Financial Planners
• Moving Assistance Professionals
• Home Veterinarian Services
![Page 15: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
The Caregiver
• 49 % of the caregivers are baby boomers
• 56 % are women and 44 % are men
• 75 % have one or two children
![Page 16: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
• “Elder Care is today’s fastest growing work-family employee benefit.”
![Page 17: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Rationale
1/2 of all caregivers are employed outside the home and account for....
• 73 percent of early departures and late arrivals
• Utilize “long and frequent” phone calls
• Have more mistakes, accidents, conflicts and poor morale
• Increased health problems
![Page 18: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Cost of Caregiving
Employed caregivers are estimated to cost American businesses up to
• $29 billion annually in lost productivity, worker replacement, and absenteeism
![Page 19: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Cost of Caregiving
• Individuals lose nearly $659,000 over their lifetime in lost wages, social security and pension contributions due to:
• Turning down promotions and assignments
• Taking early retirement
![Page 20: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Business Partners
Provides…
• Family caregivers services and support
• Education
• Home Assessments
![Page 21: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Other Partners
• Financial Planners/Advisors
• Financial Management Firms
• Elder Care Lawyers
• Realtors
• Travel Agencies
• EMTs
![Page 22: St. Andrews: Long Term Care Collaboration, Education, and Community Outreach](https://reader033.vdocuments.mx/reader033/viewer/2022060123/559725c91a28ab140e8b4670/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
The Te of Piglet
Let’s find a Way
Today
That can take us to tomorrow--
Follow that Way,
A Way like flowing water.
The sun is high
The road is wide,
And it starts where we are standing.
No one knows
How far it goes,
For the road is never-ending.