2012 Best Practices in Workplace Eldercare

This study, Best Practices in Workplace Eldercare, conducted by the National Alliance for Caregiving and ReACT (Respect a Caregiver’s Time), looks at what employers are doing today for their employees with eldercare responsibilities and highlights innovations.  Those who participated in the study shared information about their eldercare programs such as the history of the program, […]

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2012 National Study of Employers

Kenneth Matos and Ellen Galinsky, Families and Work Institute, report, “Overall, 41% of employers provide employees with information about elder care services or Elder Care Resource and Referral, and 42% offer Dependent Care Assistance Plans (DCAPs) for elder care.” This report, National Study of Employers (NSE), from the Families and Work Institute and the Society […]

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2010 Caregiving: Workplace Support Checklist

This booklet outlines the findings of research about the scope, impact and costs of caregiving and its role in caregiving-related absences, turnover, replacement, lost productivity and stress-related illness. The research also reviews successful strategies demonstrated to help employees better manage the dual responsibilities of caregiving and work. Available here from the Health Advocate.

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2010 MetLife Study

Demographic trends indicate that a greater number of employees of all ages will assume the role of family caregiver for an increasingly older population. This means that more employees will be dealing with eldercare issues. This report, The MetLife Study of Working Caregivers and Employer Health Care Costs, from the Mature Market Institute (MMI), Metropolitan Life […]

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2006 MetLife Caregiving Cost Study

This 2006 study by MetLife estimates the productivity losses to U.S. business of employees who must make workplace accommodations as a result of caregiving responsibilities.  These include costs associated with replacing employees, absenteeism, crisis in care, workday interruptions, supervisory time, unpaid leave, and reducing hours from full-time to part time.

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2004 When employees become caregivers: A manager’s workbook

This Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services document guides employers on how to make needed eldercare and Medicare information available to caregiving employees at little or no cost. The guide contains four user-friendly sections including: challenges to American business, meeting employee eldercare needs, seminars on aging and eldercare, and training for supervisors.

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2012 Family Caregiver Alliance 2nd Annual Report

On March 27-30, 2012, Clif Barber had the opportunity to attend the annual meeting of the American Society in Washington, DC.  At the conference, the Family Caregiver Alliance released their second annual “Caregiving Year in Review.” The report provides an overview of key developments in 2011, including research focused on caregivers, program changes, legislation at […]

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Administration on Aging

In order to serve a growing senior population, the Administration on Aging (AoA) envisions ensuring the continuation of a vibrant aging services network at State, Territory, local and Tribal levels through funding of lower-cost, non-medical services and supports that provide the means by which many more seniors can maintain their independence.  Their mission is to […]

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2011 New AARP Study on Caregiving

Family support is critical to remaining in one’s home and in the community, but often comes at substantial costs to caregivers themselves, to their families, and to society.  A new study by the AARP estimates that for the more than 40 million Americans caring for an elderly or disabled loved one, the value of their […]

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