Caregiving For Elders-Not Just A Family Issue, But A Work Issue

We have posted before about family caregivers and their importance.  AARP’s May 10, 2016 blog  post,  Eldercare Primarily Concerns Older Workers and Their Employers, Right? Think Again,  explained that “[f]or employers big and small, the need to support workers who also provide unpaid care for a family member is a growing reality.” A huge number of family members who work (60%) also serve as family caregivers.  Here’s an important point about those 60%, slightly over 50% of them are at least 50 years old. But caregiving is not just an elder law issue, because there is a significant number of younger caregivers too. Almost three-quarters of millenials reported that they were caregiving and working. The blog post ends with the suggestion that
“[a]dvancing a culture of understanding about eldercare needs is especially important to help make the workplace more supportive of workers who are also family caregivers — many of whom are in their prime working years.”