Employment Protection for Caregivers

07/17/23 • 33 min

Join Dementia Care Aware for a discussion on Paid Family Leave (PFL) and how opportunities can be increased for family caregivers to access PFL in California. Our guest speakers, Sharon Terman, Director of the Work and Family Program, and Katherine Wutchiett, Senior Staff Attorney at Legal Aid at Work, will shed light on the challenges faced by caregivers, who often feel compelled to quit their jobs when the person they support is diagnosed with a serious illness like dementia and they often don’t know that PFL is available to them. Learn how to empower caregivers to make use of this benefit to protect their income and employment.

Refer people to the Work and Family Helpline, 800-880-8047, or email [email protected].

To learn more about PFL, visit legalaidatwork.org/wf

Podcast listeners are eligible to receive FREE 0.5 CME, AAFP, or CAMFT credit. MOC is also provided. Please complete the survey below to claim credit.

Free CE/CME credits will be available only for podcasts released on or after January 2025.

Refer people to the Work and Family Helpline, 800-880-8047, or email [email protected].

To learn more about PFL, visit legalaidatwork.org/wf

Podcast listeners are eligible to receive FREE 0.5 CME, AAFP, or CAMFT credit. MOC is also provided. Please complete the survey below to claim credit.

Free CE/CME credits will be available only for podcasts released on or after January 2025.

Previous Episode

Adapting the Cognitive Health Assessment for Patients with Substance Use Disorders

In this episode, we are joined by two addiction medicine doctors in the UCSF Department of Medicine: Christine Soran, MD, MPH, assistant professor, primary care clinician, and medical director of the Office-Based Buprenorphine Induction Clinic; and Triveni Defries, MD, MPH, assistant professor, primary care clinician, and addiction medicine specialist.

We will discuss how substance use disorders affect cognition, how to adapt the cognitive health assessment for patients with substance use disorders, and how to incorporate a workup for substance use disorders in the next- steps evaluation. You will also gain a deeper understanding and practical skills for how to better assess older patients for substance use disorders.

Click here to watch a webinar, Adapting the Cognitive Health Assessment for Patients with Serious Mental Illness or Substance Use Disorder, featuring Dr. Soran and Dr. Defries.

Podcast listeners are eligible to receive FREE 0.5 CME, AAFP, or CAMFT credit. MOC is also provided. Please complete the survey below to claim credit.

Free CE/CME credits will be available only for podcasts released on or after January 2025.

Next Episode

Implementing a Brain Health Plan

In this episode of Dementia Care on Air series, our guest speaker is Ian Neel, MD, Medical Director of the Geriatric Medicine Consult Service at Senior Behavioral Health at the University of California, San Diego. He discusses the practical implementation of a brain health plan with patients and their care partners, highlighting the importance of evidence-based strategies. The episode focuses on three crucial pillars of promoting brain health: addressing polypharmacy, physical activity, and mental stimulation, including socialization.

This episode is for healthcare providers who want to delve deeper into how to implement an evidence-based brain health and actively seek strategies to enhance cognitive well-being of their patients.
Click here to watch a related webinar, Implementing a Brain Health Plan - Evidence and Strategies, featuring Dr. Neel.

Podcast listeners are eligible to receive FREE 0.5 CME and CAMFT credit. MOC is also provided. Please complete the survey below to claim credit.

Free CE/CME credits will be available only for podcasts released on or after January 2025.