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is vice chair of talent and culture at and is responsible for leading all aspects of their people strategy. She collaborates closely with the leadership team to develop to implement initiatives that advance the firm's strategy by unlocking the power of its more than 35,000 professionals, improving employee and partner experiences, and strengthening culture.

70% of Americans with at least one living parent expect to help care for their aging parents regularly in the future. Additionally, nearly half of Americans raising children under 18 are also regularly caring for their aging parents in some capacity. The pandemic and its continued impact on how we work has only exacerbated these challenges for many-particularly those trying to juggle work and caregiving. So, it's incumbent on companies to provide supportive work environments and access to resources that can help address employees' needs at all stages of their life's journey.

Caregiving and parenting are not one-size-fits-all experiences but rather multi-dimensional, and the support companies provide for employees should be as well.

Leveraging listening to determine caregiver benefits

At KPMG, we employ a continuous listening approach to stay connected with our people and better understand the challenges they're facing so that we can support their mental, physical, social, and financial well-being. We began deploying short, frequent surveys to assess employee sentiment and engagement regularly and are using that data to drive more effective decisions and actions to enhance the people experience.

During the pandemic, this regular feedback highlighted that our people faced challenges around resilience, with lasting effects on those raising children, caring for loved ones, or doing a combination of the two. In addition, this data helped us make benefit enhancements, including enhanced parental and caregiver support for our employees throughout their caregiving journey.

1. Support family planning: KPMG's primary medical plan covers fertility expenses up to $35,000. Coverage waives the definition of infertility, meaning employees do not have to prove the inability to conceive to be eligible for fertility coverage. This enables same-sex female couples and women starting a family later in life access to fertility coverage right away. We also provide $35,000 for adoption and surrogacy expenses.

2. Family bonding with a newborn, adopted, or foster child: All parents, regardless of primary caregiver status, are given 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave. To create equity in parental leave policies, regardless of primary caregiver, we shifted the focus to new family bonding. This helped lay the foundation to make parental leave a firm-wide norm, encouraging more to take advantage of this benefit. In fact, at KPMG, male-identifying caregivers make up nearly half (43%) of employees who have utilized parental leave year-to-date.

3. Expert coaches to support caregiving challenges and critical life moments: Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can be challenging in today's fast-paced environment, and additional dimensions exist for caregivers. We are focused on advancing our culture by caring for the whole person, so we're as likely to talk about mental health as physical health.

We are also analyzing our current offerings around mental health. Currently, we offer 10 free counseling sessions per year through our employee assistance program (EAP) and an expanded work/life coaching program. We want to ensure these programs meet the needs of our employees while seeking ways to reduce internal company pressures and reduce burnout and other stresses on employees' mental wellness.

In addition to our well-being benefits and support, employees can also utilize coaching services to help navigate some of the unique challenges of caregiving:

Parent resource: All employees have unlimited access to RethinkCare, a research-based social and emotional learning resource for parents, caregivers, and children. They have 24/7 access to behavior specialists who will provide relevant support in self-awareness, decision-making, relationship skills, and behavior management. RethinkCare also offers support for those caring for a child with a learning, social or behavioral challenge or developmental disability.

Caregiver concierge: To offer more support and flexibility to our caregivers, all employees have unlimited access to a caregiver concierge through . Cariloop provides support from pediatric to elder care with access to a dedicated care coach to help navigate challenges. Employees and family members can speak to a licensed or certified care coach, such as a social worker, nurse, therapist, or case manager, via phone or video chat. The program also provides access to an online platform to share notes and status updates with the care coach and family members. All employees can access these benefits at no cost on their hire date.

Educational support: To guide educational planning, we offer access to discounted tutoring, academic support, homework assistance, and college coaching for children pre-k through 12th grade. With exclusive discounts, employees can access online academic and test prep tutoring in a private or formal setting, with one-on-one and small-group options available. Additionally, we provide college coaching services through Bright Horizons college coach. This free benefit offers assistance with college selection, essay writing, and financing through informational live events, one-on-one guidance, online resources, and expert advice.

4. Caregiver emergencies: KPMG offers three weeks of fully paid leave, above and beyond PTO time, for employees who need to care for a family member. This leave may also be used for the bereavement of a family member. Additionally, as a result of our continuous listening approach, during the pandemic, we increased our benefit for backup child or elder-care sessions from 15 uses to 30 per individual at a subsidized cost through Bright Horizons, as well as access to an online care database.

5. Take breaks as a family: As part of a generous holiday calendar that provides approximately 16 firm-wide paid holidays annually, twice each year, we offer nine or more consecutive days for our people to disconnect during firm-wide breaks, alongside a generous PTO program. These consecutive breaks align with US school calendar holidays in both the summer and the winter.

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5 workplace benefits that support employees as caregivers

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is vice chair of talent and culture at and is responsible for leading all aspects of their people strategy. She collaborates closely with the leadership team to develop to implement initiatives that advance the firm's strategy by unlocking the power of its more than 35,000 professionals, improving employee and partner experiences, and strengthening culture.

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Some government programs pay family or friends of people with disabilities to help with daily activities including personal care, giving medicine, cooking, cleaning, and more.

State Medicaid programs

If someone with a disability already receives Medicaid, their state may allow a family member or friend to become a paid caregiver.

Many states call this a consumer-directed personal assistance program. Each state has different requirements and rules. Contact your state's Medicaid office for more information.

Long-term care insurance

Some long-term care insurance policies allow family members to get paid as caregivers. Contact your insurance agent and ask for a written confirmation of benefits.

Veterans programs

There are two programs available for veterans:

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Get paid as a caregiver for a family member | USAGov

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Some government programs pay family or friends of people with disabilities to help with daily activities including personal care, giving medicine, cooking, cleaning, and more.

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Authors: Matthew Ralls, MPH, Center for Health Care Strategies

Family caregiving is increasingly common in the U.S. and is a familiar experience across geography, class, and race. Roughly 53 million Americans provided unpaid care for a family member or friend in 2020, an increase of more than 20 percent since 2015. Over the past decade, both state and federal policymakers have shown increasing interest in supporting family caregivers. Recent federal legislation is creating new opportunities to further these efforts.

This Medicaid Policy Cheat Sheet details the importance of family caregivers and reviews legislation, as well as efforts by the Biden Administration, to support this vital and typically unpaid workforce.

Who are family caregivers and what do they do?

Family caregivers - often adult children of older adults or spouses, but also close relatives, friends, or neighbors - perform tasks that home health aides or direct care workers would otherwise perform, such as managing medications, providing wound care, or offering emotional support. This is in addition to managing household chores and work, navigating the complex U.S. health care system, and coordinating care for their loved ones. There are myriad reasons a family caregiver may provide services: the individual receiving services is more comfortable with a family member or friend; there are no direct care workers available in a community; or the recipient cannot afford or is not eligible to hire a home health aide.

COVID-19 highlighted the close relationship between family caregivers and the economy. Many people have either left the workforce or are juggling unsustainable schedules to be a family caregiver. This dynamic has left jobs unfilled, as well as family caregivers without a steady income and in need of support.

What hardships do family caregivers face as a result of providing care?

Family caregivers help their loved ones maintain health and well-being and avoid the need for urgent care, benefitting the health system overall. However, they often suffer adverse health effects related to their caregiving obligations. Nearly a quarter of family caregivers note that caregiving made their health worse, according to a report from the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP. Additionally, these negative effects often spill into their professional lives. Two-thirds of family caregivers work outside the home in addition to their family caregiving responsibilities, with approximately half noting that they regularly go to work late, leave early, or take time off to accommodate caregiving duties. Ten percent report retiring early or leaving the workforce entirely, leading to significant loss in wages and retirement savings.

How can legislation help family caregivers?

As the number of Americans receiving care at home rises, family caregivers need increased assistance to help them provide care to their loved ones confidently and safely, without suffering negative health effects or becoming financially devasted by leaving the workforce. Following is recently passed and proposed federal legislation aimed at supporting family caregivers:

RAISE Act: The Recognize, Assist, Support and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act became law in 2018 under the Trump Administration. The RAISE Act requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a national caregiving agenda. This includes finding ways to support family caregivers and strategies to improve federal programs that affect family caregivers. The law spurred the creation of a RAISE Family Caregiving Advisory Council charged with developing recommendations to drive future policies. These recommendations include helping family members see themselves as official "caregivers" who deserve access to supports and services, expanding access to available caregiver resources, and ensuring that family caregivers are included as members of a patient's care team.

American Rescue Plan Act: This COVID-19 pandemic relief bill, signed by President Biden on March 11, 2021, supports family caregivers in multiple ways. The bill increases federal Medicaid funding to states by up to 10 percentage points to provide home- and community-based services (HCBS). Currently, 41 states have waiting lists for HCBS, with nearly 820,000 individuals waiting an average of 39 months to receive services. States must submit spending plans to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services by this summer, regardless of their plans to expand HCBS. The American Rescue Plan also expands the child tax credit to give more money to family caregivers with children, and provides additional aid, such as $1,400 relief checks and paid leave for federal workers. Since family caregivers often leave the workforce to care for loved ones, providing financial support for caregivers when they lose income can help soften the burden.

Proposed Legislation: The Biden Administration recently unveiled two proposals that would significantly impact family caregivers. The American Families Plan proposes a national paid family leave and medical leave program. Currently, the U.S. does not offer mandatory paid family leave, which leads to many workers - particularly women of color - returning to the workforce earlier than desired or leaving the workforce altogether. The American Families Plan would ensure 12 weeks of family, parental, or personal leave allowing caregivers to bond with a new child, take care of a sick family member, or grieve the loss of a loved one. Additionally, the American Jobs Plan would provide $400 billion in additional funding for HCBS. While details are sparse, this additional funding could be used to strengthen the workforce of paid caregivers like home health aides who provide services to aging adults. An enhanced paid caregiver workforce would help unpaid family caregivers by making more resources available for families.

What's the bottom line?

Family caregivers have been historically overlooked, but the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted their importance in a new way. At both the state and federal level, there is a growing interest in recognizing the central role caregivers play in taking care of many older Americans or individuals with disabilities. The recent influx of federal funding to expand HCBS provides significant opportunities for stakeholders to develop enhanced supports for family caregivers. State policymakers, Area Agencies on Aging and Departments on Aging staff, and family caregivers alike should be encouraged by the growing momentum for policies supporting family caregivers.

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Understanding Today's Federal Policy Landscape for Supporting Family Caregivers - Center for Health Care Strategies

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Authors: Matthew Ralls, MPH, Center for Health Care Strategies Family caregiving is increasingly common in the U.S. and is a familiar experience across geography, class, and race. Roughly 53 million Americans provided unpaid care for a family member or friend in 2020, an increase of more than 20 percent since 2015.

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Caregiver Statistics: Work and Caregiving - Family Caregiver Alliance

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A caregiver—sometimes called an informal caregiver—is an unpaid individual (for example, a spouse, partner, family member, friend, or neighbor) involved in assisting others with activities of daily living and/or medical tasks. Formal caregivers are paid care providers providing care in one’s home or…

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Are you interested in getting into the healthcare field but not sure about what you want to do? There are many different choices available to you from being a caregiver to becoming a doctor. This can make it a challenge to determine what you want to do. However, you may want to consider getting into caregiving. This is a career choice that not only allows you to provide healthcare but to also help people in their everyday lives. Here are a few reasons why caregiving is a rewarding career choice:

Helping Others
One of the most rewarding things about being a caregiver is the fact that you will be able to help others on a daily basis. Through the services and support you are providing, you will be having a direct impact on the quality of life for your clients. This alone can make the hard work and dedication well worth it!

Easy to get Into
Compared to other career choices, it is fairly simple to become a caregiver. Through our CNA / LPN program in Illinois, we can guide you every step of the way to ensure that you can get your certification and begin helping improve the lives of your clients. Caregiving can also be quite fun and it is a good way to meet new people, get connections in the healthcare industry, and make new friends along the way.

Good Pay
Caregiving provides pretty good pay. This will allow you to provide a stable and good life for your own family or ensure that you can keep a roof over your head. This income can also be used to advance your own career and go to a nursing school in Illinois if you would like to become a nurse or do more advanced things in the healthcare field.

Practical Skills
Becoming a caregiver will teach you many practical and useful skills that you can use in your everyday life or even during emergency situations. One such skill you will learn is CPR. This is a skill you may never need to use but in the event that you do, it can help you save a life.

Those are just a few of the many different reasons why caregiving is a rewarding career choice to keep in mind. If you would like to find out more about this career or about our healthcare training in Dolton, Illinois please feel free to get in touch with Adonis College of Nursing (USA) anytime.

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Why Caregiving Is a Rewarding Career Choice

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In Arizona, paid caregivers-including direct care workers, paid family caregivers, and direct support professionals, among others-provide critical daily support to thousands of older adults and people with disabilities. As the need for these essential workers escalates, the state faces a pressing question: what can be done to improve paid caregiving jobs and enhance the supports that these workers deliver? To help address this question, PHI partnered with four managed care organizations in Arizona to survey the paid caregiver workforce about their experiences and insights. This report presents the survey findings and identifies opportunities to improve job quality in the Grand Canyon State.

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Insights from the Frontline: Results of a Statewide Survey of Paid Caregivers in Arizona

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In Arizona, paid caregivers-including direct care workers, paid family caregivers, and direct support professionals, among others-provide critical daily support to thousands of older adults and people with disabilities. As the need for these essential workers escalates, the state faces a pressing question: what can be done to improve paid caregiving jobs and enhance the supports that these workers deliver?