Support Employees Navigating Serious Illness and Bereavement

Caring for a loved one with a serious illness or at end of life is both challenging and emotional, and family caregivers are at the heart of every decision.

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Feedback from Employers

Equips HR partners and managers with the tools & insights

“Betterleave is addressing a critical gap in employer support by offering a platform that equips HR partners and managers with the tools & insights to support employees experiencing bereavement."

TRACY DESMOND

Head of Global Benefits, Wellbeing & Mobility at Airbnb

Our partnership with Betterleave allows us to extend to a level of care and support as a department that we want to give to our employees

“One of the challenges as a HR Professional is being able to do enough for your employees with only a certain amount of bandwidth,

ANGELA SHAW

Vice President of Talent at Amplify Credit Union

THE BETTERLEAVE DIFFERENCE

A platform designed to help you support employees navigating serious illness and bereavement

Better experience

Our platform is designed to meet you where you’re at – connecting you with resources, tools and experts that align with your personal journey.

Improved outcomes

We combine tech-enabled support, grief expertise and community partnerships to measure and delivery high-quality care and outcomes.

Lower costs

From sourcing experts to end of life planning, our bereavement partners deliver Betterleave members cost-effective services and care.

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Cara with her mom, Barbara

"As a longtime HR leader, I considered myself an expert on leave programs. I directed HR for a tech company in Austin, after all. My job was helping other employees navigate through crises in their own lives—and I prided myself in doing this work well.

Then, my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. There’s nothing quite like a personal crisis to show you just how much more you have to learn."

CARA MCCARTY ABBOTT, Founder of Betterleave

Read the full Forbes article here

Downloadable Guide

Five tools every people leader needs

We've compiled the ultimate guide to supporting employees through grief, loss, and bereavement. Create your bereavement care policy and modernize your benefit strategy to meet the growing demand for inclusive family care with these five steps.

WHY IT MATTERS

Better outcomes for all when we support our teams

25%

of working caregivers of changed their work situation – reduced working hours or taken leave – following a loved ones advanced diagnosis.

Caregiver demands are the #2 reason (after retirement) for someone to exit the workforce.

51%

of those who experience a loss while employed leave that job within 12 months.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE

Watch Emily’s member story and see how we helped her navigate the sudden loss of her mom.

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