Following our dementia surveys and our subsequent report Supporting employees who are caring for someone with dementia, we have produced a short dementia toolkit to help employers support their staff who are juggling work with caring for someone with dementia. 

Carers UK’s State of Caring Survey (2013) found that nearly 1 in 5 carers were looking after family members with dementia and these carers were more likely than other carers to be combining this with full time employment.

However, the stigma and lack of understanding that still exists around conditions such as dementia means that people often feel uncomfortable about mentioning their caring responsibilities at work, even when they clearly need support. 

This simple Employers’ Toolkit will help you:  

• reach out to carers in your workforce who might not realise they are caring
• develop your workplace support for carers
• raise awareness and increase the uptake of your policies and practices that support carers.

The toolkit includes practical advice and suggestions for employers and line managers and a top ten tips section specifically for employees who are juggling work and care, including signposting information to other sources of support/useful organisations.

Download: 

EfC Toolkit – Dementia support