Elderly care has job-related consequences: study

Another Study!! As time goes on our parents will need care, in some cases people will be forced to change their work habits to care for an elderly parent, it is the least we can offer them.

"More than 1.7 million adults between the ages of 45 and 64 were providing informal care to nearly 2.3 million seniors with long-term disabilities or physical limitations in 2002, according to the study. Statistics Canada reported that seven out of every 10 caregivers in this age range -- many of them women -- were also in the work force." ..."Individuals providing four hours or more of care per week were more likely to reduce their work hours, change their work patterns or turn down a job offer or promotion." Hopefully our government will keep this in mind as the population ages, and it has safeguards in place that will keep people from living in poverty as the family, again, grows. Are we ready?