In a blog provided by the Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College Melissa Brown, MSW, PhD (Adjunct Faculty Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College) writes, “It’s good business to support employees who are taking care of elders.”

When employees who provide care for older adults have the support they need, employers benefit in the following ways:
employees’ physical and mental health improves;
job satisfaction and performance increase;
and job retention rates rise.

Read her full blog and others on the AGEnda – Aging and Work Blog.