Menopause is one point in a continuum of life for women.[3] All women go through the same life stages: perimenopause (8-12 years leading up to menopause), menopause (the year since the last period), early post-menopause (up to 5 years after periods cease), and late post-menopause (the rest of their lives).
Like puberty, menopause has many facets. Hormonal change symptoms are one aspect of it; some feel them more strongly than others.
Like physical changes, many quality-of-life shifts can also occur during the menopausal life stages.
For some, systemic issues such as stigma, ageism, invisibility, and an overall sense of loss become real and present threats. 17% of women said they had quit a job or considered quitting due to menopause symptoms.[4] Making sense of these issues need not be an anxious or lonely journey.
Women need a multipronged approach to prepare for midlife. That is where BestYet can help. Our model is ’Generational Insurance’ because strong women build stronger women.
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SOURCES
[1] THOMAS SCHRAMME, HEALTH AS COMPLETE WELL-BEING: THE WHO DEFINITION AND BEYOND, PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS, VOLUME 16, ISSUE 3, NOVEMBER 2023, PAGES 210–218, HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1093/PHE/PHAD017
[2] https://www.who.int/about/governance/constitution
[3] https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/menopause
[4] Harvard Business Review 2024 https://hbr.org/tip/2024/01/support-your-employees-going-through-menopause
[5] Woods, N.F., Mitchell, E.S. The Seattle Midlife Women’s Health Study: a longitudinal prospective study of women during the menopausal transition and early postmenopause. womens midlife health 2, 6 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40695-016-0019-x
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