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Workplaces with creche facilities for old as well as young
People who share their home with an elderly relative can often encounter difficulties when they need to leave them alone to go to work. Existing solutions to these problems are somewhat inadequate - care in the community is practically nonexistent and day care centres for the elderly are either rare or depressing or both. Leaving the more frail elderly relative at home alone can be very distressing. Encouraging employers to provide facilities for the elderly at the place of work (a 'granny creche') could provide welcome relief for many who either worry all day or work part-time in order to care for their relative. The new kind of creche is one that elicits an enthusiastic response from those caring for older loved ones at home. It relieves them of a great deal of distress and often increases their earning potential. 'Being driven to and from the workplace by their career and spending the day in relatively close proximity' The elderly relatives feel themselves to be more involved in their family's life, being driven to and from the workplace by their career and spending the day in relatively close proximity. The John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford is opening a creche to encourage its employees with elderly relatives to stay in work. The motor industry's benevolent fund is also working on a similar idea. Summarised from an article by Roma Felstein, entitled 'Taking Granny to the Crèche', in the Guardian (Oct 9th '96). Copyright
© 2002 Global Action on Aging
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