Accelerate Caregiver Innovation: Alexandra Drane, Co-Founder & CEO, ARCHAngels
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