I am a Working Family Caregiver
You are a working family caregiver if you are managing a career or job on top of caring for your care recipient.
According to the Caregiving in the US report, 61% of the 53 million family caregivers in the US also work.
Podcast Episodes
Employee Resource Groups
Gene Lanzoni’s life centers around caregiving, both at home and at work. As an only child, Gene and his wife of over 30 years, Elizabeth, took on the responsibility of caring for his aging parents. Professionally, Gene leads the development of thought leadership research and produces content on caregiver trends. He is also a co-lead and founding member of a caregiver-focused employee resource group (ERG). In this episode of the Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast, we discuss the origins of the ERG and the numerous benefits it offers to employers and employees. We also explore how Gene’s spiritual self-care practices and his love of coffee have helped him navigate the challenges of caregiving.
Caregiver Recovery
Christina Keys was living the American dream until one day in March of 2013, her mom had a life-changing stroke. Within 3 years of caregiving for her mom Pat, Christina was financially, emotionally, and mentally bankrupt. Her doctors told her that the stress of caregiving was literally killing her. Christina took action to make a different choice and turned her caregiving co-dependent mess into a message. In this episode of the Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast, Christina shares a few of her priceless caregiving stories, reveals her first act of self-care, explains how she redefined normal and introduces the vibrant community she is building to help family caregivers locate the keys to a successful caregiving life.
Messy Caregiving
Natalie Elliott Handy and JJ Elliott Hill are sisters. Together, along with a third sister Emilie, they manage care for their mom who is living with Parkinson’s disease. Natalie is also a caregiver for her spouse, Jason, who receives palliative care to help navigate his cancer journey. In this episode, we discuss all the total messiness around family caregiving. We talk about letting go of perfectionism, getting access to your parent’s finances, the benefits of palliative care, and they both confess their guilty pleasures.
- Paying for Long Term Care – Jason van den Brand
- Remote and Long Distance Caregiving – Paula Muller
- Creative Care – Loretta Veney
- Board Member Activist – Belva Denmark Tibbs
- Recovering from Burnout – Usha Tewari
- Starting a Business – Alyse Dunn
- Balancing Career & Caregiving – Elizabeth Miller
- Using FMLA Benefits – Joe Vazquez
- Financial Self-Care – Kimberly Whiter
- Starting a Non-Profit – Amanda Clark
- Inspired to Start a Business – Bianca Padilla
- Working Daughter – Liz O’Donnell
- Working While Caregiving – Elizabeth Miller
- Looking for a Job While Caregiving – Angela DiAnna
White Paper - Importance of Supporting Working Family Caregivers
Articles
- Beginner's Guide: Launching a Working Family Caregiver Employee Resource Group
- Power of Connection - Elevating Employee Resource Group Engagement and Community
- Digital Self-Care Course
- Caregiving Advice from Ted Lasso
- Empower Your Journey with these 17 Caregiving Hacks
- Professional Self-Care: Podcast episodes, articles, gifts & resources
From Our Gift Shop
- Just for You: a Daily Self-Care Journal
- Working Caregivers: The Invisible Employees by Selma Archer and Zack Demopoulos
- Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Making a Living by Liz O’Donnell
- First Things First by Stephen R. Covey
Other Resources for Working Family Caregivers
Training
Research
- How Employers and States Can Support the Essential Workforce of Family Caregivers (Sage Journal, 2021)
- Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers – Working While Caring: A National Survey of Caregiver Stress in the U.S. Workforce Key Findings (Sep 2021) & Working While Caring: Innovations and Interventions to Support Caregivers in the Workplace (Jan 2024)
- MetLife Study of Caregiving Costs to Working Caregivers (2011)