Work Life

Caring for a family member is often a full-time job, but family caregivers often work full or part-time while providing care for a loved one. Working caregivers face a set of challenges that can impact their income and also contribute to productivity losses for employers. Many are themselves aging as well as providing care at a time when they also need to be planning and saving for their own retirement.
 

• Best Practices in Workplace Eldercare – Full Report (2012)

• The MetLife Study of Caregiving Costs to Working Caregivers – Double Jeopardy for Baby Boomers Caring for Their Parents – Full Report (2011)

• MetLife Study of Working Caregivers and Employer Health Care Costs (2010)
  • Full Report (PDF)
  • Press Release (PDF)

• Corporate Eldercare Programs: Their Impact, Effectiveness and the Implications for Employers (2008) (PDF)

• The MetLife Caregiving Cost Study: Productivity Losses to U.S. Business (2006) (PDF)

• The MetLife Study of Sons at Work: Balancing Employment and Eldercare (2003) (PDF)

• The MetLife Juggling Act Study: Balancing Caregiving with Work and the Costs Involved (1999) (PDF)

• The MetLife Study of Employed Caregivers: Does Long-Term Care Insurance Make a Difference? (2001) (PDF)

• The MetLife Study of Employer Costs for Working Caregivers (1997) (PDF)