Healthcare Solutions for a Care-Ready Workforce


Build a Care-Ready Workforce—Without Burning Out Your Team

Caregiving is impacting your patients, your people, and your outcomes. We help healthcare systems strengthen staff resilience, improve care transitions, and support the caregivers inside and outside your walls.

Supporting the People Who Care—At Work and At Home

Family caregivers are often the most overlooked members of the care team—yet they play a critical role in outcomes, safety, and continuity.


At the same time, healthcare professionals are navigating immense pressure, with many facing caregiving responsibilities at home. These dual demands increase the risk of burnout, communication breakdowns, and preventable complications after discharge.


LifeCare LeadHership partners with healthcare systems to transform this challenge into a strength

—by supporting the people who give care, both at home and in clinical settings.


Our programs improve staff engagement, reduce burnout, and equip teams to work more effectively with family caregivers—improving the experience for everyone involved in the circle of care.


Why Caregiver Support Is a Clinical Priority:


Family caregiving is no longer a private matter—it’s a clinical, workforce, and patient safety issue.


61% of family caregivers are employed, balancing caregiving duties with full- or part-time work.¹ Many of them are healthcare professionals themselves, managing care at home while serving patients on the front lines.

42 million Americans provide complex medical and nursing tasks—like wound care and medication management—often with no formal training or support.²

Clinician burnout remains at crisis levels, with nearly half of physicians reporting at least one symptom of burnout, impacting communication, empathy, and overall care delivery.³

Caregiver involvement is a key factor in hospital discharge success—patients without reliable support at home face higher readmission and complication rates.⁴


Healthcare systems that address these gaps see improvements in staff retention, patient outcomes, and care continuity.

References:

¹ AARP & National Alliance for Caregiving. Caregiving in the U.S. (2020)
² AARP Public Policy Institute. Home Alone Revisited: Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care (2019)

³ American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), Physician Well-Being Resources

⁴ Coleman EA, et al. The Care Transitions Intervention. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2006.


R.I.S.E.™: Healthcare Solutions for a Care-Ready Workforce


A 4-Tiered Solution to Strengthen Your Workforce, Support Caregivers, and Improve Outcomes

The R.I.S.E.™ model helps healthcare systems recognize this reality and lead with strategy, not burnout.

This four-tier system delivers real impact—from leadership alignment to clinical training to community outreach.



R – Recognize

Assess Your Culture & Align Leadership


Uncover the hidden impact of caregiving across your workforce and patient population. Gain clarity on what’s working—and where silent stress is taking a toll.

  • Organizational Caregiver Culture Assessment (OCCA)

  • Clinician Readiness Survey

  • Leadership Workshop: Why Every Leader Must CARE

💡 Best for systems starting to evaluate caregiver-related risk, readiness, and workforce impact.

I- Integrate

Equip Clinical Teams & Normalize Caregiver Awareness


Move from data to action. Equip your teams to recognize and navigate caregiving-related stress—within themselves, their colleagues, and the families they serve.

  • Includes everything in Recognize

  • Staff Resilience Workshop: Lead Through the Storm

  • Staff Workshop: Supporting the Family Care Partner

  • Staff Workshop: Communicating Across the Circle of Care (DISC Based)

💡 Best for organizations ready to normalize caregiver support and create resilient, care-ready teams.

S-Support

Support Caregiving Staff & Engage the Community

Equip staff caregivers with tools to lead both at work and at home—and strengthen system-wide trust through a community-facing education event.

  • Includes everything in Recognize & Integrate

  • Confident Care Leader™ Workshop Series for Caregiving Staff:

    -Lead Yourself Well

    -Lead the Care Partnership

    -Lead the Care Team

  • Community Caregiver Education Event delivered by Dr. Thomas (60-90mins)


💡 Best for organizations looking to support caregiving employees, enhance patient-family communication, and demonstrate community leadership.

E-Empower

Sustain Culture Change & Extend Your Impact

Develop internal capacity and sustain caregiver culture through coaching, training reinforcement, and high-visibility outreach.

  • Everything in Recognize, Integrate & Support Tiers

  • Quarterly Caregiver Pulse Assessments

  • 12-week Thrive & Lead Group Coaching (up to 25 participants)

  • 3-month licensing of select training workshops

💡 Best for healthcare systems ready to embed caregiver support into their culture and equip internal teams for long-term delivery.

Ready to R.I.S.E.™?


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