Sandwiched: When Caring for Parents Becomes a Workplace Issue

Statistics show that increasingly more employees are also family caregivers for their aging parents. Businesses are reporting lost productivity, increased healthcare utilization and employee turnover. With the graying of the Boomer generation, these trends pose an urgent need for businesses to plan for the needs of their working family caregivers. Call Responsive Home Health today to learn about our eldercare services and educational workshops as a value added benefit for businesses in Broward County.

Web Resources for Family Caregivers in the Workplace:
Click the links below to access resource websites to learn more about family caregivers in the workplace and the benefits of eldercare programs.

Why is Elder Care an Important Workplace Issue?
The information on this document is provided by the Sloan Work and Family Research Network at Boston College and covers statistics and reports on how elder care is affecting the workplace.

CBS News Video Reports on Employees and Elder Care
View this short CBS video on how companies lose billions of dollars a year when employees miss work to take care of their loved ones. Some employers are acting to ease the burden and boost their bottom line.

Family Caregiving and the Older Worker
This fact sheet provides information on the growing trend of older workers who must provide care for a parent, spouse, or dependent child. It explores how financial responsibilities and caretaking duties can adversely affect the older workers’ careers--often forcing them to reduce the number of hours they work or drop out of the workforce entirely.

Employer Perceptions of Elder Care Assistance Programs
This study from the College of Public Health assesses the perspectives of senior human resource and employee benefit managers at large U.S. corporations about nine types of elder care services.

The Evercare Survey of the Economic Downturn and its Impact on Family Caregiving
Evercare and the National Alliance for Caregiving completed this survey which acknowledges that family caregivers are especially vulnerable during uncertain economic times as they struggle to maintain their own financial stability as well as continue to provide quality care to their loved ones.

Serving all of Broward County, Responsive Home Health provides a full spectrum of home care services. We offer a free in-home consultation to evaluate needs and free in-home safety assessment to help prevent falls. Please contact us to set up a free in-home consultation and find out if home health care is the right choice for your unique situation. Call (954)-486-6440, email us, or fill out our request services form.