STATISTICS

"In a recent study of federal employees, nearly one-third of those surveyed indicated they have lost 17 or more hours from work each month to provide elder care."
- United States Office of Personnel Management, "Elder Care and Responsibilities of Federal Employees and Agency Programs," March 2002 

"Forty Percent of working parents missed at least one day of work every three months to deal with family matters. In addition to child care responsibilities, AARP found that 33% of employees reported coming in late or leaving early because of elder care responsibilities. Among employed caregivers, an average of 7.5 days was missed each year to deal with elder care issues."
- University of Kentucky, Work-Life Talk Force Final Report, March 2003 

"As many as 12.8 million Americans of all ages need assistance from others to carry out ever day activities. This means that an estimated one out of four households is involved in caring for a loved one aged 50 or older. Although there is no reliable estimate of the number of family caregivers, at least 7 million Americans are caring for parent at any given time."
- Family Caregiver Alliance, September, 1999

"Employees save an average of 14.7 hours per year by employer-based resource and referral services, with at least 80% of that time expected to have been spent during the workday."
- Work-Family Directions, 2002

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