Direct support professionals (DSPs) provide a range of supports in a variety of settings to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who count on these supports to live, work, and contribute in their communities. Despite this, high annual DSP turnover rates are problematic. DSP turnover is disruptive to people who receive…

Providing the essential care for children and aged relatives has immediate and long-term financial consequences for women, particularly financial insecurity in retirement. Women's caregiving careers are examined in relationship to the impact on retirement. The need for career and retirement education and counseling aimed at women who assume…

This document consists of a series of tables that display data derived from a survey of 33 companies that provide employer supported caregiver programs for the elderly. The tables outline the following information: (1) factors enhancing employer-supported eldercare development; (2) factors inhibiting employer-supported eldercare development; (3)…