Caregiver Resources at Noventa Corp.

Caring for those we love is intense — in some good ways and other ways that are hard. As a Noventa employee, there is support when you need it.

GET SUPPORT FOR YOUR INTENSITY

Start by checking out the resources available for all employees. If you have healthcare coverage through Meritain Health, there are additional things that can help.

There are also community-based resources if you’re caring for someone local to Philly, and resources more broadly if you’re caring for someone who isn’t. Wings up!

RESOURCES FOR NOVENTA EMPLOYEES

FIRST CALL EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

The EAP provides confidential counseling and referral services to help you or a family member with things like marital challenges, depression/anxiety, legal or financial concerns, stress, substance abuse, and more. The EAP also provides unlimited access to a Lifestyle Expert Referral tool to be your personal assistant in things like finding service providers, heath info and more. Use Company ID ‘noventa’ when logging in.

ROCKET LAWYERS LEGAL BENEFITS

When we’re caring for someone else, it’s not uncommon to have legal issues popup. Rocket Lawyer offers no cost support with things like estate planning questions, landlord disputes, starting a family or buying a home. Click below and enter your Noventa email to activate your account and get started.

PERKS AT WORK - SAVINGS CENTER

Paying less for things you already buy? Yes, please. To help with caregiver intensity around money, Noventa employees have access to discounts on things like cell phones, computers, personal care supplies, everyday needs, family health needs, travel, and more.  Click below to get started.

HOME PURCHASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Noventa’s Home Purchase Assistance Program supports first-time home buyers, offering a $3,000 grant to benefit eligible full- and part-time staff towards the purchase.  See Human Resources for more details. Participants may also be eligible to receive a matching grant of $3,000 through the Philadelphia Home.Buy.Now. Click the link to learn more. 

HEALTHJOY

The HealthJoy app helps you get the most from your health benefits.  Find in-network providers, book appointments, speak to a health care concierge 24/7, find extra savings on prescriptions, navigate your benefits, and more.  Staying healthy and well is easier with HealthJoy.  Click below to get started. 

FUNERAL PLANNING AND CONCIERGE SERVICES

Caregiving doesn’t end when a loved one dies - and we can all still use support with what’s next. Another benefit provided through Hartford is funeral planning, and advocacy/concierge services and professional negotiation of funeral prices. To access these services for your loved one, click below and use code HFEVEC.

ABILITY ASSIST COUNSELING SERVICES

Caring for a loved one has an impact on our mental wellbeing, with 70% of unpaid caregivers in the US reporting at least one mental health symptom. To help support you, Ability Assist Counseling Services offers access to degreed clinicians any hour of the day. This includes three face-to-face visit per occurrence per year for your emotional concerns as well as access to unlimited phone consultations for financial legal and work-life concerns. To access call 800-964-3577.

REQUESTING A LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Noventa Corp offers up to four weeks of Paid Family Leave to employees who are new parents and for employees who may need to take time off to care for family members with qualifying illnesses. The program is administered by The Hartford. To request a leave, call 888-982-7929 8am-9am ET, M-F.

FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS

Noventa Corp offers flexible work arrangements when possible to help in balancing your work requirements with your personal responsibilities. All requests for a flexible work arrangement must be submitted to your local HR representative and will be reviewed based on position.

RESOURCES FOR NOVENTA’S MEDICAL PLAN MEMBERS

    • TELEDOC: Available 24/7/365 from your mobile device or computer, Teledoc connects you to a board-certified doctor, no referral needed, for things like flu, sore throat, bronchitis, sinus infection, rash, allergies, pink eye, and more. Click above or call 800.362.2667 to get started. Primary care copay applies.

    • MERITAIN NURSE HEALTH COACHING PROGRAM: Managing an existing condition or learning about a recent diagnosis can be overwhelming. The Meritain Nurse Health Coaching team works with you to setting up a step-by-step plan to improve your health, and checks in to keep you on track. Click above or call 888.610.0089 to learn more.

    • LIFEMART DISCOUNT PROGRAM: Meritain/Aetna members can access health and wellness discounts, including personal items that may help in the care of others, and much more. 

    • CVS MINUTE CLINIC: Offers virtual and in-person mental health support with licensed therapists for anxiety, depression, stress, and life adjustments.  Therapists can also collaborate with other providers you see. Click above or call 855.417.2486 to learn more.

    • VITA HEALTH: Specializes in your child’s mental wellness, including, suicide care for those ages 12 and up.  They also offer teletherapy for other mental wellness concerns as well.  Help is a click away. Click above or call 844.866.8336 to connect.

    • BRIGHTSIDE: Provides virtual dedicated therapists to help you cope with stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and more.  Click above or call 415.360.3348 to learn more.

    • OTHER MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES: Feeling your best can be challenging with the intensity of care.  Through your Meritain Health/Aetna medical plan, you have access to several mental health services including support with substance and alcohol use, OCD, easting disorders, serious mental health conditions and more. Click above to explore what’s available to you.

Drivers are the things that make Caregiver Intensity go up. Explore the resources below for your specific drivers making you caregiving feel more intense.

FOR DRIVERS OF INTENSITY

    • PCA ADULT DAY SERVICES: available through the Caregiver Support Program; provides personal care, nursing, social services, meals, and therapeutic activities.

    • EARLY LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER: offers help finding, selecting and paying for child care.

    • PENN MEMORY CENTER TIME TOGETHER PROGRAM: community-based program where Philadelphia college students provide high quality, low-cost respite care to families supporting an older adult, including those with physical or cognitive impairments. Program can have extended wait times so signing up early is helpful. cription text goes here

    • PCA CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM: provides financial assistance to reimburse caregiving services as well as legal and financial counseling. Support is provided on a sliding scale based on household income of the person receiving care. To qualify, care recipient must be age 60+ OR age 18+ with a diagnosis of disability OR a person of any age with dementia AND require assistance with at least one activity of daily living.

    • BENEPHILLY: provides free, one-on-one help applying for public benefits to get support in paying for things like prescriptions. health insurance, food. property taxes, utilities, and education.

    • DOLLAR FOR: helps you apply for financial assistance from your hospital to cover medical bills and get rid of medical debt. Must apply. scription text goes here

    • PCA PA MEDI PROGRAM: provides free, easy-to-understand help and information for those on Medicare, their families, and caregivers.

    • CENTER IN THE PARK APPRISE PROGRAM: for older adults 55+, provides counselors to answer Medicare questions and help apply for programs to save money by lower prescription co-pays and premiums.

    • FAMILY CAREGIVER ALLIANCE RESOURCE: provides guidance and insight on issues to consider when caring for an aging parent with your sibilings. m description

    • PCA CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM: provides support services for those caring for someone 60+ O 18-plus with a diagnosis of disability OR a person of any age with dementia AND require assistance with at least one activity of daily living (ADL). Services include care management, financial assistance, education and training, information and referral to access caregiving services and support, and benefits counseling

    • JOURNEY’S WAY CARING SUPPORT: offers one-on-one consultations to help you access services and support that address concerns related to aging.

    • LOTSA HELPING HANDS: an app that gives caregivers a way to organize help with a care calendar to assign meal deliveries and coordinate rides to appointments and receive messages of support.

    • NANCY‘S HOUSE: provides restorative retreats for caregivers with a licensed therapist available and help with care at home during your stay. Offers sliding scale fees.

    • PENN MEMORY CENTER COUNSELING SERVICES: through a social worker, offers up to 8 weeks of supportive counseling for Penn Memory Center patients and their loved ones. Sessions can be in-person, virtual or by phone and are free of charge.

    • NAMI PHILADELPHIA: offers peer-led support groups for those caring for a loved one with a behavioral health condition.

    • VETERANS CRISIS LINE: provides 24/7 confidential crisis support for Veterans and their loved ones.

    • BOOMERS ’R HEROS: offers virtual caregiver support groups and training.

    • PENN MEMORY CENTER CAREGIVER CLASS: seven-week class that can be taken live or view at your own pace for those caring for a family member/loved one with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other forms of dementia. This resource can have a a waitlist so check on it early.

FOR YOUR OTHER SPECIFIC NEEDS

Other things making caregiving more intense? The resources below can help meet your specific needs to lower your Intensity Score.

    • DHS CASH ASSISTANCE: provides temporary cash assistance to households with low income and limited resources through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Must apply for services.

    • NEIGHBORHOOD ENERGY CENTERS: provides info on how to save on utilities and get help paying energy bills, including help applying for assistance programs.

    • COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES: offers helps qualifying for public benefits and services and advocates and helps with appeals when those services are denied.

    • VETERANS TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE: provides temporary financial assistance of up to $1,600 in a 12-month period to veterans or their surviving spouses who reside in Pennsylvania for food, shelter, fuel and clothing. See link above for details of eligibility.

    • VETERANS MULTI-SERVICE CENTER: provides eligible Veteran households with assistance in obtaining VA and other benefits, which may include credit repair, financial planning services, time-limited, temporary financial assistance and more.

    • PHILLY FOOD FINDER: points you to food sites, meal sites, and other food assistance and benefits

    • CARING FOR FRIENDS: meal delivery for homebound senior, veteran, or person with disabilities. Must apply for services.

    • MEALS ON WHEELS: delivers hot meals to homebound seniors on a sliding scale fee. Enter your zip code to find the location that serves your area. Must apply for services.

    • USEF: offers programs and services that assist with rent, security deposits, utility costs and mortgage payments.

    • CENTER IN THE PARK: provides housing counseling and assistance for things like preventing foreclosures, rental assistance, emergency mortgage assistance and more.

    • PHILLYTENANT: provides information for renters on their rights in an eviction, on how to find rental assistance, the right to legal representation, what to do if a landlord is not making repairs and more.

    • DEPAUL PHILADELPHIA RAPID REHOUSING: provides 12 months of rental assistance through scattered-site units with short-term subsidies and case management assistance and helps people get jobs and maintain their housing.

    • VETERANS MULTI-SERVICE CENTER: provides no-cost comprehensive supportive services to low-income Veterans who are currently experiencing homelessness or are at-risk of losing their leased home. Click the above for eligibility requirements.

    • MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM: provides transportation to medical appointments for Medical Assistance recipients.

    • SEPTA TRANSIT FOR SENIORS: provides free rides for residents 65+ on all SEPTA bus, trolley, trackless trolley, and subway lines, and the Norristown High Speed Line.

    • MODVICARE: for residents with health insurance coverage, this services provides emergency medical transportation for things like doctor visits and other medical appointments. I

    • PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH ALLIANCE NETWORK: provides free assistance in understanding, applying for, and enrolling in health coverage, as well as troubleshooting problems.

    • FAMILY PRACTICE AND COUNSELING NETWORK: provides primary care services and more and offers siding scale payment for uninsured patients based on household income.

    • PROJECT HOME HEALTHCARE SERVICES: in partnership with Stephen Klein Wellness Center, Project HOME provides high quality, low barrier, and affordable health and wellness care accessible to medically underserved populations in Philadelphia in the Lower North Philadelphia community.

    • CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PRIMARY CARE FINDER: search by your zip code to find primary care services near you that accepts Medicare and Medicaid as well as many other forms of insurance. Uninsured patients pay a low-cost fee for services.

    • NEXT LEVEL LEARNING: provides adult education classes through community organizations on subjects like reading, writing, and math, basic computer skills, high school equivalency preparation, including GED and HiSET preparation and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL).

    • PROJECT HOME: provides classes and programs that help Philadelphians who are recovering from homelessness or living in poverty attain fulfilling jobs with living wages.

    • YEAR UP: offers a variety of skills based job training pathways that match the expertise corporate partners are seeking for their talent pool.

    • ACHIEVABILITY WORK SMART WEST PHILLY: partners with un/underemployed jobseekers to secure employment by providing training, connecting individuals to employment resources and building relationships with employers

    • EARLY LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER: offers help finding, selecting and paying for child care.

    • HEAD START PROGRAM: locate a childcare center funded by Pennsylvania Head Start that provides education and childcare from birth to five years at no cost to qualifies families (based on household income).

    • HOPE PHL BARING HOUSE CRISIS NURSERY: provides respite or temporary childcare for parents or caregivers who need to manage emergencies, deal with stress and domestic issues, go to work or a job interview, receive medical treatment and more.

MORE RESOURCES WHERE YOU NEED THEM

Whether you’re caring close to home or from a distance, use the resources below to find help in the place where you need it most.

ARCHANGELS

ARCHANGELS provides links to free resources based on what’s available in your area and what’s most driving your Caregiver Intensity. There are also resources for specific caregiving situations, like if you’re a Veteran caregiver or someone caring for Veteran. You can also learn how to include your caregiving experience on your resume. Ciick below to connect.

UNITED WAY 211

Talk to an expert on the resources in your area who will guide you through your need. Calls made to 2-1-1 are confidential and can be anonymous. This is a 24/7 service that you can contact to aid you in meeting basic needs such as; health care, housing, food, addiction and other needs you may have.

FINDHELP.ORG

Findhelp.org is a website that can connect you to resources in your area for financial assistance, food delivery, housing assistance, mental health and many more. Resources are free or reduced cost. Once you put in your zip code, thousands of resources are provided for you and Findhelp even walks you through the next steps required for each resource.

ELDERCARE LOCATOR

Talk to an expert on the resources in your area who will guide you through your need. Calls made to 2-1-1 are confidential and can be anonymous. This is a 24/7 service that you can contact to aid you in meeting basic needs such as; health care, housing, food, addiction and other needs you may have.