{"id":1532,"date":"2018-03-10T02:07:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T02:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-san-ramon\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2018-03-10T02:07:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T02:07:51","slug":"home-care-can-help-family-caregivers-balance-career-with-caregiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-san-ramon\/2018\/03\/10\/home-care-can-help-family-caregivers-balance-career-with-caregiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Care Can Help Family Caregivers Balance Career with Caregiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to an AARP Public Policy Institute study, the average U.S. family caregiver is a 49-year-old woman who provides unpaid care of nearly 20 hours per week to her mother for nearly five years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caring for a loved one while also working a paying job can be time-consuming as well as physically and emotionally demanding. The many challenges and distractions of caregiving also can reduce worker productivity and oftentimes impact one\u2019s health. All of this can affect employers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Consider this:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More than 40 million American workers are caring for loved ones over the age of 65.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Six in 10 are balancing these caregiving responsibilities with full- or part-time jobs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Home care services can be a valuable solution. Hiring a professional caregiver can allow family caregivers to retain their paying job and remain productive while on the job. This also helps employers because it can reduce the chance of an employee missing work, and it can help ensure employees maintain good mental and physical health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the Home Care Association of America, there are several ways in which the many senior care responsibilities of working family caregivers can impact worker productivity and increase costs for employers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Work suffers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. More than 60 percent of family caregivers report making work accommodations due to family caregiving responsibilities, including taking a leave of absence, arriving late, passing up a promotion or retiring early.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Health suffers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Less than 50 percent of family caregivers report being in very good health, while one in five feel their health has gotten worse because of caregiving. Poor health can result in increased health care costs for employers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Productivity falls off and employers pay<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. In a recent study, 25 percent of family caregivers reported missing an average of 6.1 hours of work the previous week due to caregiving responsibilities. Costs associated with caregiving \u2013 including the need to replace employees, absenteeism, workday distractions and reductions in hours \u2013 all impact employers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hiring professional home care can reduce pressures on working caregivers and alleviate strains on employee productivity by helping family caregivers better manage demands both on the job and at home. FirstLight\u2019s non-medical home care solutions provide support to families by offering a wide range of needs and resources to help their loved ones maintain quality of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Companion Care<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> provides companionship through regular visits, as well as medication reminders, light housekeeping, laundry services, errands and transportation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Personal Care<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> aids with activities of daily living, such as bathing and hygiene, walking and mobility, transfer and posturing, special diets and meal preparation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Respite Care<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> allows family caregivers to take vacations or time for themselves, while FirstLight professionals ensure loved ones are cared for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dementia Care<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> provides personalized care plans to help dementia sufferers and their families cope with the anxiety, confusion and isolation that are often associated with the disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are a working family caregiver juggling many roles and responsibilities, home care can help. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sources:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Home Care Association of America<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FirstLight Home Care of Tri-Valley provides <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-san-ramon\/services\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in-home care services<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to seniors, people with disabilities, patients needing recovery and rehabilitation services, veterans, and busy moms. We <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">serve clients in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties, mainly in Danville, Blackhawk, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton, Castro Valley, Hayward, Livermore, and communities along the 680 Corridor of the East Bay. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information, email us at <\/span><strong>TriValley@FirstLightHomeCare.com<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or call us at <\/span><b>925-359-9250<\/b><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0You may also <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-san-ramon\/contact\/\">leave us a message here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to an AARP Public Policy Institute study, the average U.S. family caregiver is a 49-year-old woman who provides unpaid care of nearly 20 hours per week to her mother for nearly five years. 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