Category Archives: Elder Care in the Workplace
A New Study Documents the Negative Emotional, Physical and Financial Impacts of Caregiving on Boomer Women
Women have changed. Boomers today are very different than female caregivers of previous generations. They are still the primary caregivers of their aging relatives but they also work, have children of their own and more of them are divorced and have fewer support structures. This results in very stressful situations for them and their families. [...]
Obama Challenges Employers To Do More To Help Family Caregivers
President Obama has declared November as National Family Caregivers Month. I am most impressed by his call to employers. He states: “Families are best able to care for their loved ones when they can take time away from work without fear of losing their job or their income. We all have roles to play, including [...]
