Eldercare’s Impact on the Workforce: The Hidden Cost of Caregiving

September 06, 2011

Last month, my in-laws came along for a weekend trip to Florida, and it gave me a very small taste of what many caregivers experience on a daily basis.  My father-in-law (Gene), who is in his early 70s, has diabetes, heart problems, and is severely overweight and because of these ailments, he has dietary limitations and needs help getting dressed and putting his shoes on.  To give my mother-in-law a break that weekend, we took her “off-duty” and my husband and I soon came to realize why she has been under so much stress lately. Continue reading “Eldercare’s Impact on the Workforce: The Hidden Cost of Caregiving”