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Eldercare

Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services provides information and resources for older Texans and their families.

AARP Balancing Work and Caregiving provides tips for adult children taking care of parents, relatives and older friends. Links to caregiver networks.

2-1-1 Help in Texas provides information and referrals for social services in Texas.

50 State Map Public Broadcasting System provides a state by state resource map for employees who are caregivers.

Eldercare Online provides a message board, newsletter and news items of interest to caregivers for elderly individuals.

Aging Solutions contains a wealth of information helpful to family caregivers.

Businesses that provide elder care benefits:

Bank of America is a banking and financial services company with approximately 143,000 associates. They offer flexible work arrangements, child care centers and dependent care programs to deal with child care and aging parents.

Baptist Health South Florida-Family-Friendly Benefits is a not-for-profit health care organization with 8,000 employees. It provides lactation rooms, subsidized care for infants and preschool children and elder care resource and referrals.

Bon Secours Richmond Health System -Richmond, Virginia is a not-for-profit healthcare provider which employs over 20,000. It provides child care day and night, as well as a benefit package to help employees caring for older relatives and/or sick children.

Corning is a glass manufacturer with approximately 33,000 employees. It provides child care programs to ensure quality and consistency in care, and an array of quality intermediate and skilled nursing, and assisted-living institutions, for elder care.

Deloitte Touche is a professional services organizations with 29,154 employees. It offers flextime, parental leave, adoption assistance and reimbursement, child care and elder care resources and more.

DuPont U. S. is a science company which delivers science-based solutions in diversified markets, and has 83,000 employees. It offers flexible work practices and a database of emergency/backup care options when normal arrangements break down, either for elder care or child care needs. Internal Work/Life Committees have examined issues ranging from child care for shift workers to excused time off policies to cover family emergencies.

General Motors is the world's largest vehicle manufacturer, and employs about 362,000. It offers child care and elder care resource and referral services, dependent care leave, and flextime.

JPMorgan Chase is a global financial services firm. It offers a network of onsite back-up child care centers, flexible work arrangements and a elder care assessment program.

Johnson & Johnson Balancing Family and Work is a manufacturer of a broad range of products in the health care field with approximately 101,800 employees worldwide. The company offers flexible leave for family care matters, resource and referral programs for child care and elder care services, and adoption benefits.

Kraft Foods is a food manufacturer with 113,000 employees. It provides child care and elder care referrals.

Lincoln Financial Group is a financial management company. It offers child care and elder care information and referral and alternative work schedules.