"An estimated 29 million workers, from senior managers to retail clerks, work while also caring for an adult family member, according to research by AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving. Six out of 10 are working full time, compared with 46% in 2009. After working 40 hours, many spend about 20 hours providing unpaid care, according to the research." Caregiving is a marathon, not a sprint. And with so many Americans caught in the sandwich generation (those who have a living parent age 65 or older and are either raising a child under age 18 or supporting a grown child), it's imperative that organizations work to create the benefits, flexibility and structures that foster cultures where its possible to be a caregiver AND a productive, valued employee. Read more, via The Wall Street Journal:
I know this very well. My parents live outside the US which makes matters worse.
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2wI've been in this role not once, but twice in my career and throughout several years of parental illness. It's vitally important to support employees through personal situations that are often not their choice to make, but by default are forced to make.