The Economics of Family Caregiver Partnerships
Family caregiving shifts critical clinical and administrative labor into private homes, changing how money moves through health systems and workplaces. Unpaid caregivers manage medication regimens, coordinate clinician visits, and provide daily personal support that hospitals and clinics previously performed. That redistribution influences employer staffing strategies, insurer risk calculations, and household financial resilience. Accurately valuing caregiving requires explicit wage structures, redesigned reimbursement pathways, and rigorous measurement of outcomes.
Financial Foundations of Informal Care
Conventional economic measures exclude substantial caregiving hours, which creates fiscal blind spots that distort public budgets and corporate human capital planning. When family members cut paid hours, accept lower-paid roles, or exit employment altogether, organizations face hiring expenses and productivity losses that affect service delivery and margins. Hou
