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Homelessness Interventions Needed For Older People

The Horizons Tracker

Research from Simon Fraser University highlights how better support is desperately needed for this vulnerable group. The research builds on a pilot study that examined the impact of interventions targeted at people over 50 in a number of Canadian cities that have experienced a significant rise in homelessness among older people.

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Companies considering “Zoomless” day a week to combat video fatigue

HR Digest

If you feel like you’re more exhausted after a long day of meetings over Zoom or a similar video conferencing tool versus when they happened in-person, you’re not alone. The CEO Jane Fraser sent a memo to all employees regarding this new policy. The reason being we keep on staring at the camera for a long time.

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Low Wages Resulted In Women Leaving The Workforce During Covid

The Horizons Tracker

The Covid pandemic has had a profound impact on the workforce, with recent research from Simon Fraser University highlighting how many people have left the workforce. ” The researchers believe that this could have long-term implications, especially for any chance of an equitable economic recovery.

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Better Value in Health Care Requires Focusing on Outcomes

Harvard Business Review

Hartwig Huland led the opening of a Martini Klinik , a new prostate cancer center in Hamburg, Germany, he wanted to deliver the best care in the world for its patients, and he defined “best” in terms of outcomes: rates of cancer recurrence, incontinence, erectile dysfunction – things everyone knew were important but few measured.

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Decoding The Truth Of Leading Multi-Generational Workforces

Tanveer Naseer

This way, we can finally move beyond anecdotal and personal viewpoints to empirical, hard facts over whether this really is an issue leaders need to be addressing to ensure their organization’s long-term success and growth. 1) Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project Spring Tracking Survey 2013. Badger J.M.,

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