Caregiver-Ready Workplaces

Caregiving is a Workforce issue. Leading Employers are acting on it.

Caregiving impacts every workplace driving burnout, turnover, and lost productivity when employees lack the support they need. Yet many organizations are still not equipped to address this reality.

Caregiver-Ready Workplaces, a national initiative from Caregiver Action Network, was created to support working caregivers by working caregivers, bringing lived experience and practical solutions directly into the workplace. The program helps employers close this gap while giving sponsors a meaningful opportunity to lead.

Caregiver-Ready Workplaces

Caregiver-Ready Workplaces

Caregiving is a Workforce issue. Leading Employers are acting on it.

Caregiving impacts every workplace driving burnout, turnover, and lost productivity when employees lack the support they need. Yet many organizations are still not equipped to address this reality.

Caregiver-Ready Workplaces, a national initiative from Caregiver Action Network, was created to support working caregivers by working caregivers, bringing lived experience and practical solutions directly into the workplace. The program helps employers close this gap while giving sponsors a meaningful opportunity to lead.

Caregiver-Ready Workplaces

Caregiving is a workforce issue. Leading employers are acting on it.

Caregiving impacts every workplace driving burnout, turnover, and lost productivity when employees lack the support they need. Yet many organizations are still not equipped to address this reality.

Caregiver-Ready Workplaces, a national initiative from Caregiver Action Network, was created to support working caregivers by working caregivers, bringing lived experience and practical solutions directly into the workplace. The program helps employers close this gap while giving sponsors a meaningful opportunity to lead.

Caregivers in the Workplace

  • 63 M

  • 63 Million

Family caregivers in the U.S.

Source: AARP & NAC

  • 6 in 10

Family caregivers are employed on top of their caregiving responsibilities.

Source: AARP & NAC

  • 24%

Nearly one-quarter provide 40 or more hours of care weekly, equivalent to a full-time job.

How Caregiving Impacts Business

AARP estimates that U.S. businesses lose an estimated $34 billion annually due to lost productivity from full-time working caregivers.

Nearly 1 in 4 (23.3%) employed family caregivers experience significant productivity loss due to stress, interruptions, and caregiving demands, reducing work performance by an average of 1/3 (approx. $5,600-$5,500 annually per employee).

Family caregivers miss an average of 3.2 workdays per month due to their caregiving responsibilities.

Only 24% of employers believe caregiving influences their workers’ performance.

More than 80% of employees with caregiving responsibilities admit that caregiving affects their productivity.

Caregiving is no longer a personal issue; it is a business imperative affecting workforce stability, productivity, and retention.

How Caregiving Impacts Business

AARP estimates that U.S. businesses lose an estimated $34 billion annually due to lost productivity from full-time working caregivers.

Nearly 1 in 4 (23.3%) employed family caregivers experience significant productivity loss due to stress, interruptions, and caregiving demands, reducing work performance by an average of 1/3 (approx. $5,600-$5,500 annually per employee).

Family caregivers miss an average of 3.2 workdays per month due to their caregiving responsibilities.

Only 24% of employers believe caregiving influences their workers’ performance.

More than 80% of employees with caregiving responsibilities admit that caregiving affects their productivity.

Caregiving is no longer a personal issue; it is a business imperative affecting workforce stability, productivity, and retention.

Standards for a Caregiver-Ready Workplace

A caregiver-ready workplace is built on measurable, meaningful support for employees balancing work and caregiving. Caregiver Action Network works hand-in-hand with Human Resources leaders and Employee Resource Groups to translate our Employer Policy Recommendations into action—aligning benefits, workplace culture, and internal programs with real caregiver needs.

Through this collaborative approach, organizations implement high-impact strategies that strengthen employee well-being, improve retention, and create a more inclusive, resilient workforce.

What organizations gain from CAN’s Caregiver-Ready Workplaces

  • Customized webinar programming tailored to industry needs—meeting working caregivers where they are most: at work

  • Targeted training for supervisors and managers to better support caregiving employees and lead with empathy and effectiveness

  • Direct caregiver support through the National Caregiver Help Desk

  • Actionable tools to strengthen benefits, ERGs, and workplace culture

  • Data-driven insights to measure engagement and outcomes

Corporate & Community Partners Supporting Caregiver-Ready Workplaces

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