Backup Care Options - An Overview
Defining Backup Care
Backup Care is temporary or short-term care for loved ones of any age when normal caregiving arrangements fall through.
Backup Care Options is the premier backup care program from Work Options Group. Since 1991, Backup Care Options has provided companies with a cost-effective way to reduce employee absenteeism and increase productivity, while providing the highest service quality to client employees.
Why Backup Care?
- Employees have caregiving responsibilities for loved ones of all ages, healthy or ill, in all locations and at all hours.
- Often employees have to take their own sick days or vacation time to care for a loved one. In fact, about 1 in 4 unscheduled absences are caused by family issues.[1]
- Absenteeism caused by caregiving responsibilities costs employers more than $7 billion per year.[2]
- A backup care program enables employees to get to work when they experience breakdowns in their normal caregiving arrangements and saves employers money in reduced absenteeism.
When is Backup Care Options used?
- Last Minute Breakdowns in Care (illness, unreliable caregivers, school closures)
- Predictable Circumstances (holidays, summer break, caregiver vacations, surgery)
- Difficult to Resolve Situations (various locations, non-traditional hours, loved ones who live elsewhere)
To learn more about this cost-effective solution, contact a representative.
[1] CCH Study, 2006
[2] MetLife Caregiving Costs Study, 2006