Accelerate Caregiver Innovation: Alexandra Drane, Co-Founder & CEO, ARCHAngels
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English - August 18, 2021 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBTechnology health technology innovation himss changemaker healthcare health tech accelerate health kerry amato Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On this week's episode, Indu Subaiya speaks with caregiver champion Alexandra Drane, CEO and Co-Founder of ARCHAngels, ARCHANGELS is a national movement and a platform that is reframing how caregivers are seen, honored, and supported using a combination of data and stories. They discuss the need for more vulnerable conversations around unpaid caregivers and the support that they need, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alex delves into the positive effects on the bottom line if companies start to "operationalize kindness" and hire more caregivers for there resiliency and strength. She also speaks to a national study released recently in partnership with the CDC to examine the major influx of caregivers in the world due to COVID-19 and how mental health symptoms and suicidal thoughts among unpaid caregivers have skyrocketed. ARCHANGELS utilizes their ARCHANGELS Caregiver Intensity IndexTM as a revolutionary tool to evaluate the drivers of mental health symptoms in caregivers.
To learn more about ARCHAngels and their incredible work, click here