Eldercare is impacting the work life of your employees:
12% take leaves of absence
36% miss work days
40% rearrange their work schedule
… and for the aging workforce, eldercare is replacing childcare as the #1 concern.
How can you help your employees?
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Offer eldercare and long term care (LTC) benefits to employees and their families
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Educate employees about eldercare and caregiving issues by offering an online resource center and seminars
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Provide access to our national database of eldercare professionals and resources
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How AGIS Network can help your company?
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Earn a positive ROI by reducing at work eldercare and caregiver distractions
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Provide turnkey eldercare and caregiving solutions for educating your employees
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Boost employee participation rates in group LTC benefit programs
National Facts: Eldercare’s Impact on Employers:
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Eldercare costs U.S. business more than $33 billion in lost productivity each year.¹
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It’s estimated that 26 million caregivers are employed, most full-time.¹
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Employers lose as much as 32 times productivity levels from presenteeism as from absenteeism, resulting in an annual cost of $180 billion.¹ Employers lose as much as 32 times productivity levels from presenteeism as from absenteeism, resulting in an annual cost of $180 billion.¹
62% of employed caregivers report their caregiving responsibilities have negatively affected their work.¹
¹ Caregiving in the United States, National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, 2004
The MetLife Caregiving Cost Study: Productivity Losses to U.S. Business, June 2006
Caregiving in the United States, National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, 2004
Presenteeism: The Measure for Assessing Family Caregiving in the Workplace, American Assoc. for Caregiver Education, Inc., 2003
Caregiving in the United States, National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, 2004
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