Back-up care is temporary or short-term care for loved ones of any age when normal caregiving arrangements fall through. Back-up care (and other services) is available for your four-legged loved ones, too!

• Employees have caregiving responsibilities for loved ones of all ages, healthy or ill, in all locations and at all hours.
  
• Often employees have to take their own sick days or vacation time to care for a loved one.  In fact, about 1 in 4 unscheduled absences are caused by family issues.
  
• A backup care program enables employees to get to work when they experience breakdowns in their normal caregiving arrangements.
  

• Last minute breakdowns in care (illness, unreliable caregivers, school closures)
  
• Predictable circumstances (holidays, summer break, caregiver vacations, surgery)
  
• Difficult to resolve situations (various locations, non-traditional hours, loved ones who live in other states, aging parent issues)

To expedite your process, pre-enrollment is available. Please visit the Bright Horizons Web site for online registration or additional information.

If you have any questions about these programs, please contact Irena Haimsky, x8706, irena@ucar.edu.

October 2009