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Forty two percent of parents of special needs children lack basic workplace supports, such as paid sick leave and vacation time.

(Source: Ellen Galinsky and James Bond The 1998 Business Work-Life Study - A Source Book, Families and Work Institute)
Women average 11.5 years out of the paid labor force, primarily because of caregiving responsibilities; men average 1.3 years.

(Source: 101 Facts on the Status of Working Women produced by business and Professional Women's Foundation)
American businesses loses between $11 billion and $29 billion each year due to employees' need to care for loved ones 50 years of age and older.

(Source: National Alliance for Caregiving/Met Life Met Life Study of Employer Costs for Working Caregivers)
Both male and female children of aging parents make changes at work in order to accommodate caregiving responsibilities. Both have modified their schedules (men 54%, women 56%). Both have come in late and/or leave early (men 78%, women 84%) and both have altered their work-related travel (men 38%, women 27%).

(Source: Sons at Work: Balancing Employment and Eldercare, MetLife Mature Market Institute, June 2003)