Caregiving

Caregiving is not just a social issue, it is a critical workplace issue. At present, roughly 20 percent of the workforce is estimated to be involved in caregiving. Given rising healthcare costs and shorter hospital stays, the care of these older Americans will increasingly fall on their children, friends, and other relatives—unpaid caregivers who are, for the most part, still in the workforce.

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Caregiving: The Impact on the Workplace

This publication offers comprehensive research about caregiving and its impact on workers and employers, its role in absenteeism and presenteeism, employee stress and illness which results in higher healthcare costs. The research also reviews successful organizational and individual strategies to help support caregivers and reduce costs. Following these strategies can help reduce absenteeism and turnover, help employees better balance work/life responsibilities and also reduce healthcare costs.

Caregiving: Workplace Support Checklist

This publication provides a step-by-step guide to initiate a business strategy to help employees better manage caregiving responsibilities and reduce healthcare costs. No matter if your investment is relatively simple or more substantial, the key to success is to have long-range strategies customized to your employee population and that include both organizational and individual approaches. Following these strategies can help reduce absenteeism and turnover, improve productivity and help employees better balance work/life issues.

Caregiving: PowerPoint Presentation

This PowerPoint presentation, with featured speaker Donna L. Wagner, Ph.D. Professor and Director of the Center for Productive Aging Towson University, will review the latest research about the impact of caregiving on employees and the workplace, including the effects on workers and the successful strategies that help employers and their employees better manage caregiving and reduce healthcare costs.

Helping You Help a Loved-One – What you need to know about caregiving for Alzheimer’s disease.

As a caregiver of a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease, you are not alone. In the U.S., more than five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and 10 million Americans serve as their caregivers. As this progressive brain disease slowly destroys memory and thinking, ordinary tasks like meal preparation, bathing, or feeding can become more stressful to all involved, resulting in “caregiver burnout.” This publication provides 16 tips as well as a number of resources to help you give your loved one the best care possible while protecting your own health.