Your Employees Are Caregivers, Too.
Every day, employees balance their professional responsibilities with caring for aging parents, spouses, children, relatives, and other loved ones.
Many don't identify themselves as caregivers. They simply see themselves as doing what their family needs.
But caregiving responsibilities can follow employees into the workplace—through medical appointments, unexpected emergencies, care coordination, emotional stress, changing schedules, and difficult decisions.
Caregivers Outreach helps employers recognize, understand, and better support the caregivers within their workforce.
The Caregiving Workforce
Caregiving Is a Workplace Issue.
Working caregivers may be scheduling medical appointments between meetings, coordinating home care during lunch, answering calls from healthcare providers, managing a parent's changing needs, or worrying about a loved one while trying to remain focused at work.
Many do this quietly.
For employers, understanding the realities of caregiving creates an opportunity to build a workplace where employees feel informed, supported, and better equipped to balance their responsibilities.
Caregivers Outreach works with Human Resources teams, organizational leaders, managers, supervisors, and employees to bring practical caregiver education into the workplace.
Our Workplace Caregiver Services
Our Workplace Caregiver Services
Every workplace is different.
Rather than offering one standard presentation, Caregivers Outreach can customize programming based on your workforce, organizational goals, available benefits, and the needs of your employees.
Employee Caregiver Awareness
Many employees are caregivers without ever using the word "caregiver" to describe themselves.
Caregiver awareness programs help employees recognize caregiving responsibilities, understand common challenges, identify available resources, and learn strategies for navigating caregiving alongside work and family life.
Manager & Supervisor Training
Managers can play an important role in an employee's workplace experience, but they may feel uncertain about how to respond when caregiving responsibilities begin affecting attendance, scheduling, performance, or well-being.
Training helps managers better understand the caregiver experience, communicate appropriately, recognize when employees may benefit from available organizational resources, and respond with greater awareness while maintaining appropriate workplace boundaries.
HR & Leadership Education
Human Resources professionals and organizational leaders are uniquely positioned to shape how an organization responds to caregiving.
Sessions can help leadership examine the caregiver experience within the organization, increase awareness of common workforce challenges, identify existing resources and potential gaps, and explore opportunities to strengthen caregiver-supportive practices.
Caregiver Workshops & Lunch-and-Learns
Offer employees practical caregiver education through accessible virtual or in-person programs.
Workshops can be delivered as standalone sessions, Lunch-and-Learns, employee wellness programming, caregiver-awareness events, or part of a broader employee engagement initiative.
Training Topics
Practical Education Employees Can Use
Programs can be customized based on the needs of your organization and workforce.
Potential topics include:
Understanding Family Caregiving Who caregivers are, what caregiving can involve, and why many employees don't identify themselves as caregivers.
Balancing Work & Caregiving Understanding common challenges working caregivers experience and practical strategies for managing competing responsibilities.
Navigating Caregiver Resources Helping employees understand where to begin when looking for aging services, home care, community resources, benefits, or caregiver support.
Caring for an Aging Parent Helping employees better understand common decisions and transitions associated with supporting an aging family member.
Preparing Before a Caregiving Crisis Encouraging employees to begin important conversations, organize information, understand available resources, and prepare before needs become urgent.
Caregiver Stress & Well-Being Recognizing the emotional and practical impact of caregiving and identifying strategies and resources that may support caregiver well-being.
Supporting Caregivers as a Manager Helping managers understand caregiving realities and respond appropriately within their organizational role.
Building a Caregiver-Supportive Workplace Helping HR professionals and leaders examine how communication, education, resources, benefits, and organizational practices intersect with caregiving.
Training Formats
Flexible Programming for Today's Workplace
Caregivers Outreach can provide training in formats that align with your organization's needs.
Programs may include:
Virtual Workshops
HR Leadership Sessions
Multi-Session Learning Series
In-Person Training
Employee Wellness Programs
Lunch-and-Learns
Caregiver Awareness Events
Manager & Supervisor Sessions
Educational Panels
Programming can range from introductory caregiver-awareness sessions to more comprehensive organizational learning initiatives.
More Than a One-Time Workshop
Build a Caregiver Education Strategy
A single workshop can start an important conversation.
For organizations looking to go further, Caregivers Outreach can help develop a more comprehensive caregiver education strategy.
This may include a combination of employee education, manager training, HR consultation, caregiver resource materials, recurring educational programming, caregiver-awareness campaigns, and connections to community resources.
Organizations interested in developing a formal caregiver initiative can also access our Caregiver Program Consulting Services.
Caregiver Resource Navigation for Employees
Help Employees Know Where to Turn.
One of the most common challenges caregivers face is simply figuring out where to begin.
Organizations may choose to complement caregiver training with access to Caregivers Outreach resource information and community navigation services.
This gives employees a pathway beyond education when they need help identifying potential community resources for themselves or someone they care for.
Who We Work With
Caregiver Education Across Industries
Caregiving affects every workforce.
Our programs can be customized for:
Corporations & Businesses
Educational Institutions
Unions & Workforce Organizations
Healthcare Organizations
Professional Associations
Government Agencies
Community Organizations
Nonprofit Organizations
Employee Resource Groups
Programming can range from introductory caregiver-awareness sessions to more comprehensive organizational learning initiatives.
Employee Resource Groups
Strengthen Your Caregiver ERG
Organizations with caregiver-focused Employee Resource Groups can partner with Caregivers Outreach for educational programming, speakers, resource information, panel discussions, awareness activities, and ongoing content.
For organizations interested in establishing a caregiver ERG, Caregivers Outreach can also provide consultation around educational programming and caregiver engagement.
Why Caregivers Outreach?
Caregiving Is What We Do.
Since 2006, Caregivers Outreach has worked directly with family caregivers and the communities surrounding them.
Our workplace education is informed by our experience helping caregivers navigate resources, aging, healthcare, family responsibilities, and changing care needs.
We bring that real-world caregiver perspective into the workplace—helping organizations move beyond simply acknowledging caregiving to better understanding the people behind it.
Request Workplace Training
Tell Us About Your Organization.
Looking for a Broader Organizational Strategy?
Caregiving Touches Every Generation.
Training may be one part of what your organization needs.
Our Caregiver Program Consulting Services help organizations assess needs and develop more comprehensive approaches to caregiver education, resources, engagement, and support.
