Ceridian Wins 2005 Caregiver Friendly Award For Its Online Elder Care Assessment Tool
Human resource outsourcing company again recognized for its innovation in elder-care services
Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) May 25, 2005 -- Ceridian, a leader in managed human
resource outsourcing solutions that maximize the value of people (www.myceridian.com), today
announced that it has won a 2005 Caregiver Friendly Award from Today’s Caregiver
magazine (www.caregiver.com) and caregiver.com for its online,
interactive elder care assessment tool. This is the second consecutive year that
Ceridian has received this award, which is designed to celebrate products,
services, books and media created with the needs of caregivers in
mind.
Specifically, Ceridian was recognized by the magazine for an online
tool, “What Help Does My Older Relative Need?” self-assessment, which is
available to employees of companies that offer Ceridian EAP and work-life
services as part of their employee benefit package. Via this interactive
self-assessment, caregivers and their family members can identify and prioritize
major areas of elder care problems and link to information, local resources and
support for addressing those concerns. Individual responses to questions are
programmed to generate tailored information and care planning suggestions, with
links to more extensive information and support. Information on a full range of
medical, psychosocial, financial and legal resources is available through this
service.
“Caring for an aged loved one is perhaps the most difficult
challenge that one will ever face,” said Gary Barg, editor-in-chief of Today’s
Caregiver. “In presenting this award, we recognize not only Ceridian’s
innovative online assessment tool, but also its ongoing commitment to providing
a comprehensive range of elder-care services that support employee
caregivers.”
“As America's older population continues to grow, more
workers and their employers will face elder care issues,” said Diane Piktialis,
Ceridian’s director of work-life products. “Ceridian is a proven leader in this
area and will continue to respond to the diverse needs of employee caregivers
with innovative, reliable elder care services that reduce stress, increase
productivity and cut down on absenteeism in the workplace.”
Ceridian was
the nation’s first provider of fully integrated EAP, work-life and wellness
services. Today, Ceridian’s EAP and work-life services are utilized by more than
25,000 organizations worldwide of all sizes in virtually every industry. In
2003, the company received the ‘Business of the Year Award for Exemplary
Business Programs’ from the American Society on Aging and in 2004 it won the
‘Caregiver Friendly Award.’ Ceridian also recently gained accreditation from
Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services, an international,
independent, not-for-profit accrediting body of social and behavioral healthcare
services. Most recently the Mature Market Resource Center awarded Ceridian the
2004 World Wide Web Mature Media Award in recognition of its innovations in
elder care and retirement planning educational services.
The 2005
Caregiver Friendly Awards will be presented at Today’s Caregiver magazine’s
Fearless Caregiver Conference in Los Angeles, June 28, 2005. Award winners will
also be profiled in the September/October issue of the magazine and on its
website.
About The Caregiver Friendly Awards
Caregiver Friendly
Awards are presented by Today’s Caregiver magazine to celebrate outstanding
books, media, products and services designed with the best interest of the
family caregiver in mind. Today's Caregiver magazine, launched in 1995, is
published by Caregiver Media Group, which also produces the Fearless Caregiver
Conferences, www.caregiver.com and The Fearless Caregiver book which
teaches caregivers how to become their loved one’s fearless advocates within the
healthcare system.
About Ceridian
Ceridian is changing the world of
work by enabling companies to be free to succeed in their core business through
its suite of innovative managed human resource solutions that include payroll
and compensation, staffing, compliance, HR administration and employee
effectiveness. Ceridian Corporation (NYSE: CEN) is an information services
company serving businesses and employees in the United States, Canada and
Europe. For more information about Ceridian’s comprehensive array of human
resource solutions, visit www.myceridian.com or call (800)
729-7655.
Contacts:
Pete Stoddart
Ceridian
(952)
853-4278
Lisa Kreinbring
The DEVON Group
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(732) 542-2000, Ext. 26
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