IBM answers the elder care need

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IBM has developed Elder Care Referral Service, a program to assist employees who must care for elderly relatives. IBM's management first noticed a need for such a program in 1984, when statistics from the US Census Bureau and an internal work-life study confirmed that elder care was resulting in lowered worker productivity. IBM found that the elder care benefit that would be most beneficial to employees and most cost-effective to the company would be a referral service that would provide consultation, consumer education, and information about care providers. IBM emphasizes that the program offers referrals, not recommendations. One of the strengths of the program is that it is operated on a nation-wide basis, which helps employees who live far apart from their parents.

Health aspects, Aged, Elderly, Economic aspects, International Business Machines Corp.

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A clear view of drunk driving at Kodak

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Alcohol-related car accidents cost the US economy $45 billion annually. Almost half of 20,000 motor vehicle deaths in 1985 were alcohol-related. Thirty-seven percent of respondents to a survey among Fortune 1000 companies have conducted some form of drunk driving prevention training for employees since 1985. One such company is Eastman Kodak (Rochester, NY). Since Kodak instituted its drunk driving prevention program in 1983, 12,000 employees have participated. The program is designed to shatter myths such as the one that beer makes you 'less drunk' than hard liquor; or that teenagers cause most alcohol-related car accidents. The Kodak program is reinforced with periodic articles in the company newsletter.

Prevention, Education, Eastman Kodak Co., Traffic accidents, EK, Drunk driving, Driving while intoxicated, Drinking and traffic accidents

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