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Article: A new business challenge: can you run a business or work a job and care for aging parents effectively at the same time?
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- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- August 1, 2005
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Trying to manage the care of aging parents or a disabled family member while trying to meet work responsibilities is a challenge that faces a growing segment of our population. As the huge demographic "bubble" in our population--76 million baby boomers--grows older, so do their parents.
While longevity is something we all hope for, it can be a mixed blessing. Medical advances have indeed prolonged our lives, and that also means we have a longer period of old age where help is needed with routine activities of daily living.
Caregiving takes a heavy toll on work and family life. Among those who have provided hands-on care:
* 67 percent reported ...