Appalachian State University

• Counseling for Faculty and Staff includes balancing elder care and work as one of the goals to be met under "Problem Prevention."
• Counseling for Faculty and Staff also provides a link to the Watauaga County Project on Aging.

California State University Chico

• Campus search on elder care
• Flex Time policy for Summer 2009 that includes elder care.
• CTO in the above docoment = "compensating time off"
• Apparently, Chico also allows students to make appeals based on elder care. See the Exceptional Circumstances Appeal.

California State University East Bay

• No apparent policies on Elder Care.

Central Connecticut State University

• No Apparent policies regarding Elder Care

Eastern Illinois University

• Making elder care arrangements due to last minute schedule changes is listed as an acceptable emergency use of a university phone card.
• While the above is in no way a benefit, it illustrates nicely the need for policies and recognizes that employees will have these commitments and that they have priority, e.g. it is okay to use university resources to accomodate them when the university asks you to work late for some reason.
• Eastern also has a pdf pamphlet of resources for Elder Care.
  • This is a good sign. But the pamphlet is problematic in that the resources listed are rather generic--nothing specific to Eastern or to Charleston or Eastern Illinois. This may be an out of date pamphlet.
• On the other hand, Eastern's Gerontology Department maintains a service called, FACES (Families Accessing Caregiver Educational Support), which purports to assist persons with connecting to elder care servies. The information on the website suffers from the same generic quality as the pamphlet, but the site does seem to indicate that a person can help from an actual human being. I e-mailed the site to find out more.

Grand Valley State University

• Grand Valley has a Work Life Connections Program that offers assistance with Elder Care.
• The Work Life Connections web site describes a series that people can sign up for in order to learn more about services, etc. in the area. Employees can also make an appointment with a Work Life consultant.
• This seems a model we might want to find out more about.

James Madison University

• Employee Assistance Program will discuss elder care issues with employees.
• James Madison University's Faculty Senate endorsed the idea of providing on site child and elder care in 2003. It's not clear that this went anywhere.

Minnesota State University Mankato

• The Managerial Plan(page 15) allows for unpaid leave for elder care for managers at supervisor's discreton. Other agreements mimic this language.

Missouri State University

• Missouri State has a Work / Life Committee that listed "elder care" as one of the coming top issues in 2006. Nothing much seems to have been done at the policy level since then.

Montclair State University

• No apparent elder care policies.

St. Cloud State University

• No apparent elder care policies or benefits

Buffalo State College

• Employees may establish a savings fund (Dependent Care Advantage Account) for "elder care." L

Towson University

• Towson University has formed a Family Leave Issues Committee to look into various kinds of leave at Towson.

University of Nebraska Omaha

• Offers Workshops on Elder Care

UNC Charlotte

• Handout Discussing Elder Care (and Child Care) issues.

University of Northern Iowa

• Nothing Apparent about Elder Care benefits

West Chester University

• Nothing Apparent About Elder Care

Western Kentucky University

• Manual of Benefits mentions savings accounts that can be used for elder care

Western Washington University

• Employee Assistance Program will help people with elder care issues.

Youngstown State University

• Nothing apparent about elder care.