Finding reliable care for a senior can be stressful, and, time consuming, I’ve done it.
Care.com is a newly launched service that matches families and individuals with senior care, child care, per care, and, tutoring providers.
It is a subscription-based business, and, the fee is as low as $10/month for care seekers.
From the press […]
The Center for WorkLife Law, at the University of California Hastings College, of is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that seeks to eliminate employment discrimination against employees who have caregiving responsibilities for family members, such as mothers and fathers of young children and adults with aging parents.
This form of discrimination is known as Family […]
Freddie Mac, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation in the United States, recently announced back-up elder care as a new employee benefit:
The new elder care program, offered through Bright Horizons, a national provider of work-site child care and now elder care services, will assist employees whose elder relatives need non-medical care such as meal preparation, […]
AARP has announced a pilot of a new member benefit thisholiday season called AARP MarketPlace.
This discount shopping site features name brands such as Sony, Motorola, Sharper Image and Panasonic. You can find discounts up to 35% on items such as toys, electronics, digital cameras, luggage and small appliances.
There’s even free standard shipping now through December […]
While I know that many services that help care for the aging population are valuable, especially to those of us in the Sandwich Generation, something about associating elder care with franchising sits wrong with me.
I know there’s nothing wrong with it being a business, I have used them myself. I think it’s just the term […]
If you are in the viewing area (country?) be sure to check out the aging special on PBS Frontline called, Living Old:
For the first time in American history, “the old old” — those over 85 — are now the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. While medical advances have enabled an unprecedented number of […]
While the sentiment is good, I don’t think the Home Helpers company is helping itself with this press release:
Cranford, NJ, October 27, 2006 –(PR.COM)– Home Helpers offers services to make life easier. Imagine the peace of mind a “sandwich generation” woman would have if she knew her elderly parents had a caring and reliable companion […]
My youngest child, The Preschooler Formerly Known as Busy Baby (OK, so that’s not really his name, but, that’s how people inside the computer have come to know him over here) goes to daycare on a campus with several other services. In addition to senior living facilities, one of the services is an Adult Day […]
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