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Alzheimer’s disease/dementia in the workplace

February 2, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights

Alzheimer’s/dementia is becoming a nationwide epidemic and impacting the workforce more and more every day. “Alzheimer’s not only touches more and more lives every day but also impacts the workplace, especially as older people are postponing retirement and continuing to work into their 70s…”

Alzheimer, Alzheimer's Association, caregivers, dementia, discrimination, disease, diseases in the workplace, duty to accommodate, employee handbook, employment law, harassment, HR policy, older workers, policy manual, retirement, undue hardship