Raising the Bar – Supporting Working Caregivers

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Presented at the 2024 National Lifespan Respite Conference, Albany, NY, by the Wisconsin Family and Caregiver Support Alliance This interactive presentation briefly presented a study of Wisconsin employers and employed…

In Support of Caregivers: Key Accomplishments of Lifespan Respite Program Grantees

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Through competitive grants, the Lifespan Respite Care Program supports individual state grantees to achieve Five Objectives: Expand and enhance respite services in the states; Improve coordination and dissemination of respite services; Streamline…

Working While Caregiving

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Jennifer Olsen, DrPH, MPH, Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers Keynote Presentation at the 2022 National Lifespan Respite Conference, Madison, WI Dr. Jennifer Olsen, Chief Executive Officer at the Rosalynn Carter…

Supporting Working Caregivers through Employer Engagement

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General Session Panel at the 2022 National Lifespan Respite Conference in Madison, WI, 2022 Unprecedented numbers of family caregivers were forced to leave the labor force during the pandemic as…

Caregivers in the Workplace: Finding Balance for Your Employees

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New York Resource Guide for Businesses, 2024 This guide, a product of a joint initiative of the New York State Office for the Aging and the Department of Labor, provides information…

New York State’s Working Caregivers

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2-page PDF with facts

Elevating the Needs of Family Caregivers: Why Respite Should Be a Concern to Employers

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In this National Lifespan Respite Conference presentation, representatives from the MA and NE Lifespan Respite programs shared their employer engagement efforts to support family caregivers. Presenters from the NE Lifespan…

Employee Survey Summary Report: Balancing Caregiving and Work Responsibilities

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Prepared by the Massachusetts Lifespan Respite Coalition EMC partnered with the Massachusetts Lifespan Respite Coalition (MLRC) in the fall of 2015 to develop an employee caregiver survey in an effort…

Caregiving-Friendly Workplace Toolkit

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Colorado Respite Coalition’s toolkit provides information about the impacts of caregiving on workers and companies, as well as strategies for Colorado employers to create workplaces that help support caregivers.

Moving Respite Forward in New York State

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This presentation was part of the Lifespan Respite Track at the 2021 Virtual International Short Break Conference cohosted by ARCH Presenters Deana Prest, New York Office for the Aging, Division…