Building Up Caregivers Builds a Stronger Workplace
In becoming a Caregiver-Friendly workplace, your employer acknowledges the challenges of balancing work and caring for a loved one. A Caregiver-Friendly workplace offers proven resources to help support caregivers, demonstrating your value to the organization, and striving to provide you with the necessary support to relieve some of your work/life stress.
Unpaid Caregiving is on the Rise
22%
Nearly 1 in 4 workers split their time between full-time work and caregiving duties that often include medical and nursing tasks.
56%
Over half of unpaid caregivers who also work are women.
26
26 hours is the mean amount of hours each week devoted to caregiving by individuals.
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Things to Consider
The core of any organization's program should be flexibility and understanding for employees who are managing caregiving for a loved one. Caregiver-Friendly programs benefit not only you, but your employer as well by:
- Improving employee morale by making working caregivers feel valued
- Helping to retain experienced employees
- Supporting a family-friendly work environment which benefits everyone in the organization