The Business of Aging

Riding A Demographic Wave

Another article from a reputable national daily business newspaper on the surging demand for products and services relating to the aging of America. This article's particular focus is medical products - specifically, orthopedics and cardiovascular devices.

Caregivers Cope with Physical, Emotional Demands

Our friend David J Levy from the American Association for Caregiver Education emailed me about a interesting article in the Sun-Sentinel titled Caregivers cope with physical, emotional demands.

It discusses how caregiving causes "presenteeism" in the workplace. Presenteeism is the opposite of absenteeism. In contrast to absenteeism, when employees are absent from work, presenteeism is the problem faced when employees come to work in spite of stress and/or illness. Presenteeism can have have significant repercussions on business performance.

With the vast number of working caregivers, presenteeism is undoubtedly on the rise and the article talks about this trend and what employers can do to help employees. 

A good read.