Employer Support

Balancing the demands of caregiving and work can be stressful and challenging.  For most, this balancing act leads to diminished success at home and at work, leading to reduced work performance, disengagement and depression. Employers note that “working caregivers” have a direct negative impact on the company’s bottom line.
Working caregivers: Those that provide some sort of assistance to an elderly person and are working full or part time. Many have young children at home and have responsiblities “sandwiched” between their parents and children.

Did you know? Did you know?
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  • Employees who provide eldercare are more likely to report poor or fair health, depression, and the presence of chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension¹
  • Smoking is higher among male caregivers; alcohol use is higher among blue collar male caregivers¹
  • Caregiving responsibilities lead to increased absenteeism and presenteeism among working caregivers¹

What is the bottom line for your business? What is the bottom line for your business?
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“I have had 2 employees ask for time off in the past month to take care of their parents.” – Employer

  • Higher medical costs were associated among younger employees, males, and blue collar workers¹
  • There is an 8% differential in increased health care costs between caregiving and non-caregiving employees, which is potentially costing U.S. employers an extra estimated $13.4 billion per year¹
  • These issues face all ages of working caregivers¹
  • It is estimated that from the overall loss to U.S. business ($17.1 billion to $33.6 billion a year)
        - $5.1 billion is lost due primarily to absenteeism;
        - $4.8 billion is lost due to the shift from full-time to part-time work;
        - $6.6 billion is lost due to replacing employees
        - $6.3 billion lost due to workday interruptions¹

What can employers do? What can employers do?
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    Erickson Resource Group can help. We offer the following services to employers and employees:
    1. Employee seminars (offered as webinars or in-person seminars as lunch and learn, half or full day programs. Topics addressed include:
           What is caregiving?
           What do my aging parents need?
           How do I discuss issues of aging with my family?
           End of life care
           Balancing work and life
           Managing working caregivers

    2. Yearly licensing of on-line toolkits for employee use Toolkit

    3. EAP consultation
    We will work with your existing EAP provider in the implementation of this program.

    4. Executive Package
    This package is offered to critical employees.These employees are given personal access to a Geriatric Care Manager and/or social worker who will provide phone,email or in-person assistance, including individualized evaluation of employee needs and assistance with resource access.

    5. Employee survey to assess your employees’ interest in these programs

How can elder care support help?
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    Research has shown that elder care programs are an effective way to assist working caregivers.

    Those employees using a Geriatric Care Management program were more focused on work and were less likely to self-report deterioration in health”²

    In fact, those that used an Elder Care Program experienced dramatic changes in their ability to manage work and caregiving.

    Presenteeism improved overtime for user of the Geriatric Care Management Program.²

    Users of this program were less likely to report deterioration in their health over time.²

    Users of this program were less likely to report negative impacts on their work performance.²

    “The combination of eldercare benefits and wellness programs can provide the support to working caregivers as well as to the reduction of employee health care costs which brings the employer bottom-line advantages.”²


    Contact Erickson Resource Group to learn more about how your employees can balance their work and caregiving responsibilities by using our toolkits, seminars, and more*

    *All pricing based on per employee cost and will be determined after contacting Erickson Resource Group.

    ¹The Met Life Study of Working Caregivers and Employer Health Care Costs: New Insights and Innovations for Reducing Health Care Costs for Employers, Met Life Mature Market Institute, February 2010
    ²LifeCare and The National Alliance of Caregiving and Center for Productive Aging, Townson University in a study: Corporate Eldercare Programs: Their Impact, Effectiveness and the Implications for Employers, February 2008,

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