• Workers with eldercare responsibilities cost their employers on average 8 percent more than workers with no eldercare responsibilities.
• Among older female workers, 17 percent of caregivers reported fair or poor health compared to 9 percent of non-caregivers.
• Caregivers between 18 and 39 are more likely to have diseases that require a prescription, like high cholesterol (21 percent), hypertension (23 percent), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (4 percent) than their non-caregiving counterparts.
• One in five female caregivers over 50 suffer from depression, compared with 8 percent of non-caregivers.
• Among white-collar caregivers, 23 percent say caregiving has a negative affect on their work life.
• The total weighted cost of employee health care for non-caregivers was $139,076, compared with $150,211 for caregivers.

Source: MetLife Mature Market Institute