Child Day Care & Elder Care OFFICE OF T

This research examines the implications for the office of the future of child day care and elder care requirements. In this examination, the problem is described, responses and suggested responses to the problem are explained, and the implications for the office of the future are discussed.

The need for child day care and the need for elder care stem from two separate problems. The responsibility for addressing each of the problems, however, most often falls to the same group of people--persons employed outside of the home. Thus, responses to each of the problems hold implications for employers--for the office.

The average life span in the United States increased from an expected 70 years in 1960 to 79 years in the late-1980s (Bureau of the Census, 1991). The expected life span for women is greater than that for men. Additionally, the expected life span applied to individuals born in the year for which the statistic is determined--not for those individuals already in their elderly years. A similar life expectancy increase, however, developed with respect to all age groups in the American population. Between 1970 and 1990, that segment of the population aged 65 years old or older increased more than twice the rate of general population growth. While the 65 and over group is the fastest growing segment of the American population, the 75 and over group is the fastest growing segm

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Conveniently overlooked in these arguments is the neglect that stems from an inability to adequately provide for one's children, if one does not or cannot work outside of the home (Belsky, 1990). Low and middle income parents of pre-school age children, and adults heading single-parent families face a real dilemma with respect to child day care. They cannot afford it, and, yet, they cannot afford to be without it (Hewlett, 1990). Responses to the Care Problem In 1990, 47 percent of child day care not provided by parents in the family home is provided by other persons outside of an institutional setting (Wash & Brand, 1990). Other family members provide most of this care (31.7 percent), while the remainder (15.3 percent) is provided by unrelated persons (Wash & Brand, 1990). Institutional day care centers care for 11.5 percent of the children, while parents care for 6.1 percent of the children at the work place, and 35.4 percent of the children are required to provide self-care (Wash & Brand, 1990). Most major companies have recognized the significance of the problem. They also realize that adequate day care for the children of employees must be made available at affordable prices, if they are to attain maximum producti
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Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page)

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