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According to a 2006 MetLife report on caregiving costs, "nearly 60% of those caring for an adult over the age of 50 are working; the majority of those work full-time... The majority of family caregivers (79%) are providing care to someone over the age of 50... Nearly 40% of caregivers are men... The average age of the caregiver for a person over the age of 50 is 47." (p. 5)
MetLife Mature Market Institute, & National Alliance for Caregiving. (2006). The MetLife caregiving cost study: Productivity losses to U.S. businesses. Westport, CT: MetLife. Retrieved from http://www.caregiving.org/data/Caregiver%20Cost%20Study.pdf
This study estimates the productivity losses to U.S. business of employees who must make workplace accommodations as a result of caregiving responsibilities. These include costs associated with replacing employees, absenteeism, crisis in care, workday interruptions, supervisory time, unpaid leave, and reducing hours from full-time to part-time.
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