Over the next few decades, the elderly population is expected to double, meaning more adults will be serving as caretakers to elderly relatives.
A new report from the Northeast Business Group on Health (NEBGH) outlines how employees serving as caregivers often don’t perform as well at work, and how companies can provide more benefits to these employes to try and curb negative outcomes.
Right now, 16 percent of the population is considered caregivers to relatives -- about one in six people working. Sixty percent of those caregivers are female, 40 percent male, and 25 percent are millennials.
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