This LifeCare, inc. report is a summary of findings produced in 2008 from an 18-month study conducted by the National Alliance for Caregiving and Center for Productive Aging, Towson University.  Their focus was to see what workplace supports might effect employee health and on the job performance over time.

The study followed family caregivers at a large managed health care company that provided two types of corporate eldercare programs: 1) a resource and referral program, and 2) a geriatric care management (GCM) program. Their feelings about and experiences with the programs were gathered via an initial written survey, follow-up telephone interviews, and a six-month follow-up survey.

The study found that people who used the GCM program were more focused on work after using the program than they were before using it. Additionally, GCM program users were less likely than the other groups to self-report deterioration in their health over time.