Wellness & Well-being Highlights November 6
Wellness & Well-being Highlights
for the
Week of November 6, 2023
This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics concerning how the change from Daylight Savings Time physically and mentally influences your life to about how marijuana may do more harm than good when it comes to anxiety to how ride-share companies have been called out for issues related to wage theft. Today, I wish to shed some light on the topic of understaffing pharmacies across our communities. Have you been to a neighborhood pharmacy lately? It is not a stretch to suggest that what you will find is akin to 1920s sweatshop conditions! Too often, I have observed 1 pharmacist overseeing 3-4 pharmacy technicians behind the counter with little time to assist me: the patient. Furthermore, mainly because of COVID, several chains have added duties to the pharmacist’s to-do list in order to generate additional revenue: Think vaccines. In turn, there is less time for the 1 doctoral-level professional on-duty to address the specific health needs of her/his patients in a thorough, compassionate manner…ultimately impacting the safety and quality of life of both patients and employees! So, once again, we are confronted with the issue of worker shortages. However, if you dig deep enough, you will find there are plenty of pharmacists in this nation but few who are willing to work under the aforementioned conditions. Therefore, not unlike the nurses who are leaving their profession in droves, we are losing more institutional knowledge in this realm due to a healthcare system that arrogantly continues to place profits over people!
https://the1a.org/segments/pharmageddon-and-the-future-of-retail-pharmacies/
OH / Families / Addiction Strain
White House & Narcan in Schools
Insurance Cos / White House / MH Care
Impact of short-staffing Pharmacies (1)
Impact of short-staffing Pharmacies (2)
Update: Sickle Cell & Gene Editing
College students & Unionization
Defined Benefit Plans Revisited
Update: Parent Plus Student Loans
Upcoming webinars, etc.:
Fitness & Nutrition Mythbusters
QPR: Suicide Prevention Training
NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.
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