Number: RL31755
Title: Family Caregiving to the Elderly by Employed Persons: The Effects on Working Caregivers, Employers, and Federal Policy
Authors: Linda Levine, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report begins with a discussion of the size and characteristics of the population providing unpaid help to frail older adults living in the community, and then narrows its focus on a subset of this population, namely, employed informal caregivers. The report next expands upon the implications of unpaid caregiving for the employees providing assistance, their employing organizations, and society. It closes with an overview of the approaches that employers and the federal government have taken to help employed elder caregivers.
Pages: 22
Date: Updated March 3, 2003