Society & Culture
Nancy Vasta is the Vice President of Consumer Health Engagement at Cigna and is the strategy lead for all of Cigna’s US customer-facing clinics. She is focused on redefining how individuals engage with their health in an evolving delivery system and those individuals, of course, include caregivers. In this episode, Nancy shares what Cigna is doing during COVID-19 to help better support their people and caregivers. Key Takeaways: [2:35] How does Cigna support caregivers? [4:10] The act of caregiving can make someone sick. So, it ends up that they have higher medical costs and twice the rate of chronic disease. [8:10] SHRM has reported that there are fewer caregiving benefits in the workplace, but is that true? What has Nancy personally seen? [10:20] How is Cigna supporting their caregivers during COVID-19? [14:15] Cigna as an employer practices what they preach and helped Nancy through a challenging time when her mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. [15:15] This podcast is sponsored by Senior Link! [17:50] Never before has the health of your workforce been more important. [18:15] The whole nation is grieving right now. [21:55] Nancy has seen an increase in tele-health happening to help people through some of their medical issues. [25:45] As everyone moves to a work-from-home environment, Nancy is seeing a lot of stress within the household. There’s a lot to manage under one roof. [28:00] What other trends is Nancy seeing right now for the working caregiver? Mentioned in This Episode: Workingdaughter.com SeniorLink.com Call SeniorLink at: 1-866-797-2333. Cigna.com Shrm.org