Study Finds Working Caregivers Have More Health Problems | February 5, 2010

By John Mills Being a caregiver is an incredibly stressful experience and a new study by the MetLife Mature Market Institute has some startling conclusions about its impact.  The report examined employees serving as caregivers and found that they are more likely to suffer from health problems like diabetes, high blood pressure and depression than their co-workers.   Some of the key findings in the study include:   Caregivers have health costs which are 8% higher than people who are not caregivers and cost employers $13.4 billion a year. Employees serving as caregivers were more likely to report poor health than their co-workers.  For example, 17% of female employees ages 50 and older who were...