Carleton University and Linda Duxbury

Canada population ages: But as Canada population ages and policies encourage the elderly to remain at home, researchers say there is a different kind of work-life balance Canadians need to think about – one that involves a new set of variables, according to Globe and Mail. I would say very clearly elder care is the new child care, said Linda Duxbury, a Carleton University business professor who has spent her career researching work-life balance and is studying how workers like Ms. For decades, parents have been struggling to juggle work and family, making tradeoffs and seeking special arrangements with employers to attend a school event or pick up a sick child. Sinclair manage demands. In a sample of 25,000 mostly professional workers, 70 per cent said they are responsible in some way for the care of an elderly relative or friend and about half said they are caring for two or more seniors. Her findings to date are sobering. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.