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The Cost of
Not Caring
Working while caring in the era of longevity
Written for CEOs, directors, managers, employees and government, it makes a compelling business case in dollars and sense for supporting people working and caring for ageing parents – and others.
GET THE BOOK
The Cost of
Not Caring
Working while caring in the era of longevity
Written for CEOs, directors, managers, employees and government, it makes a compelling business case in dollars and sense for supporting people working and caring for ageing parents – and others.
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“Supporting people – men and women – who are working while caring is no longer an option. They are the most valuable workers and the key to increasing productivity for yor organisation and the economy.”
ABBY BLOOM
About Abby
Abby is an executive, non-executive director, mentor, advisor – and someone who knows firsthand the realities of health, care, and ageing. After supporting her mother who lived to 109, she combines personal experience with professional expertise to highlight one of today’s most overlooked challenges: balancing work with caring responsibilities.
She calls this growing pressure the Club Sandwich Generation – people simultaneously caring for children, ageing parents, grandchildren, or partners. While millions face this reality, few workplaces acknowledge its impact. The result is a widening gap between what carers need and what employers provide.
“Everyone needs to read The Cost of Not Caring – because everyone will either be providing care or receiving care at some point in their lives. Reorienting ourselves – and our political reality – to a ‘culture of care’ isn’t just a good idea: it’s necessary. Kudos to Abby Bloom for providing clarity on an important (and emotional) topic!”
Mark Pesce, Futurist, Inventor, Multi-Award Winning Author and Podcaster
Book Excerpt
‘This compelling book highlights the social revolution Australia faces as we strive to curb the cost of not caring. We must halt the human tragedies where more often than not it is the carer who dies first.
‘This compelling book highlights the social revolution Australia faces as we strive to curb the cost of not caring. We must halt the human tragedies where more often than not it is the carer who dies first.
‘This compelling book highlights the social revolution Australia faces as we strive to curb the cost of not caring. We must halt the human tragedies where more often than not it is the carer who dies first.
About The Book
In The Cost of Not Caring: Working while caring in the era of longevity, Dr. Abby Bloom expertly examines how increased longevity has created mounting pressure on employees who must navigate caring for elderly parents and often their own children and grandchildren, as well as their partners while dealing with their own ageing. Drawing on local and international research, lived experience, and practical tools, Dr Abby Bloom delivers a powerful handbook for action—and essential reading for us all. She convincingly argues why support for unpaid caregivers is an urgent global societal challenge with far-reaching consequences if left unaddressed.
The book explains and quantifies in compelling detail how organisations and businesses are wearing the costs of “not caring.” It contains practical action plans for employees, employers, and governments – essential roadmaps for addressing an urgent societal challenge whose impacts include reduced national productivity and avoidable costs for businesses, as well as long-term financial, psychological and physical damage to those who are working while caring unpaid carers and caregivers.
The Cost of Not Caring fills a critical gap in the literature on the care crisis. It spells out exactly how employers and unpaid carers – predominantly women – lose out without the supportive measures our care economy needs and deserves. Unpaid family caregivers have increased in number in the USA by 45% over the past decade: 1 in 4 people, a total of 59 million American adults are caring for ageing loved ones. The book examines the caregiving situations of five countries and offers a comparison of how a range of nations is dealing with the challenge. It highlights how unpaid family carers prejudice their own health and financial wellbeing.
Care is a universal experience. But the blessing of longevity has dramatically changed the dynamics. The Cost of Not Caring: Working while caring in the era of longevity is essential reading for us all.