{"id":505,"date":"2017-12-01T21:47:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T21:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carebuildersathomemn.com\/?p=505"},"modified":"2017-12-01T21:47:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T21:47:05","slug":"how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/blog\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can You Balance Caregiving and Your Career?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Becoming a caregiver doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019re able to give up your career or that you want to, either. That means that you\u2019re going to need to find a balance between your career and caregiving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Work with Your Employer to Find Options<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The very first step, although it\u2019s one that many caregivers are reluctant to take, is to talk with your employer about available options. This can be scary, but it\u2019s necessary. Many companies have a ton of resources that can put you in touch with corporate resources and flexible arrangements for your working day. Every company is different, however, so getting a full picture of what they can help with is vital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get Help at Home<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can get way more help from your employer than you might think, but you also need help from other sources, too. If you\u2019re lucky, you\u2019ve got other family members who live nearby who are able to take over some of the tasks that need doing. But even if you don\u2019t have as much family available, hiring home care providers helps you to have the care you need for your aging adult without having to worry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take Advantage of Local Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beyond family members and home care providers, there may be other resources available. Get in touch with local agencies and determine what they provide for the elderly in your community. They may be able to help with transportation, meal delivery, and many other tasks that you can check off your list. Your company may also be able to help you find local resources for the elderly that you didn\u2019t realize were available to you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Compromise Can Take You Farther<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the frustrating things about this kind of situation is that you may not be able to have exactly what you want. But if you\u2019re willing to compromise a little bit, you may get more of what you need than you expect to get. Find out what sorts of compromises you can make to help make your employer happy while still getting what you need, too.<\/p>\n<p>You may find that this plan needs periodic tweaking to keep working for you, your elderly family member, and your employer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you or an aging loved one are considering\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathomemn.com\/about\/\">home care services in Maple Grove, MN<\/a>, and the surrounding areas, please contact the friendly staff at CareBuilders at Home Minnesota. Call today 612-260-2273.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Becoming a caregiver doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019re able to give [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Can You Balance Caregiving and Your Career? - CareBuilders at Home Minnesota | Comprehensive Home Care for Seniors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/blog\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Can You Balance Caregiving and Your Career? - CareBuilders at Home Minnesota | Comprehensive Home Care for Seniors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Becoming a caregiver doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019re able to give [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/blog\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CareBuilders at Home Minnesota | Comprehensive Home Care for Seniors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-01T21:47:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joel Denney\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joel Denney\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/blog\\\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/blog\\\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joel Denney\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0fa1b3c9d5009baf11412dedbbd18036\"},\"headline\":\"How Can You Balance Caregiving and Your Career?\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-01T21:47:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/blog\\\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":417,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/blog\\\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/blog\\\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\\\/\",\"name\":\"How Can You Balance Caregiving and Your Career? - CareBuilders at Home Minnesota | Comprehensive Home Care for Seniors\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-01T21:47:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0fa1b3c9d5009baf11412dedbbd18036\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/blog\\\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/blog\\\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/blog\\\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Can You Balance Caregiving and Your Career?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/\",\"name\":\"CareBuilders at Home Minnesota | Comprehensive Home Care for Seniors\",\"description\":\"Providing Quality In Home Care for Seniors\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0fa1b3c9d5009baf11412dedbbd18036\",\"name\":\"Joel Denney\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b6aa84a56963f82d55c41d13c160da24d18ddefb6d32b376d8269a248a8a4753?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b6aa84a56963f82d55c41d13c160da24d18ddefb6d32b376d8269a248a8a4753?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b6aa84a56963f82d55c41d13c160da24d18ddefb6d32b376d8269a248a8a4753?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Joel Denney\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carebuildersathome.com\\\/minnesota\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/joel\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Can You Balance Caregiving and Your Career? - CareBuilders at Home Minnesota | Comprehensive Home Care for Seniors","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/blog\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Can You Balance Caregiving and Your Career? - CareBuilders at Home Minnesota | Comprehensive Home Care for Seniors","og_description":"Becoming a caregiver doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019re able to give [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/blog\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\/","og_site_name":"CareBuilders at Home Minnesota | Comprehensive Home Care for Seniors","article_published_time":"2017-12-01T21:47:05+00:00","author":"Joel Denney","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Joel Denney","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/blog\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/blog\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\/"},"author":{"name":"Joel Denney","@id":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/#\/schema\/person\/0fa1b3c9d5009baf11412dedbbd18036"},"headline":"How Can You Balance Caregiving and Your Career?","datePublished":"2017-12-01T21:47:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/blog\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\/"},"wordCount":417,"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/blog\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\/","url":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/blog\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\/","name":"How Can You Balance Caregiving and Your Career? - CareBuilders at Home Minnesota | Comprehensive Home Care for Seniors","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-12-01T21:47:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/#\/schema\/person\/0fa1b3c9d5009baf11412dedbbd18036"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/blog\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/blog\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/blog\/how-can-you-balance-caregiving-and-your-career\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Can You Balance Caregiving and Your Career?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/","name":"CareBuilders at Home Minnesota | Comprehensive Home Care for Seniors","description":"Providing Quality In Home Care for Seniors","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/#\/schema\/person\/0fa1b3c9d5009baf11412dedbbd18036","name":"Joel Denney","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b6aa84a56963f82d55c41d13c160da24d18ddefb6d32b376d8269a248a8a4753?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b6aa84a56963f82d55c41d13c160da24d18ddefb6d32b376d8269a248a8a4753?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b6aa84a56963f82d55c41d13c160da24d18ddefb6d32b376d8269a248a8a4753?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Joel Denney"},"url":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/blog\/author\/joel\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/minnesota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}