http://www.inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2007/10/15/do-you-have-the-most-depressing-job/ Seeding growth through innovation. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:49:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2007/10/15/do-you-have-the-most-depressing-job/#comment-1383 Rick Lee Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:34:03 +0000 http://www.inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2007/10/15/do-you-have-the-most-depressing-job/#comment-1383 N.B. personal and service rank the highest for occupations that result in depression. There are 57 million Americans who are providing caregiving to loved ones today, with no reimbursement or recompense. Consequently, they are as prone to depression as the ones who get paid to "care." Imagine if the depression data applied to them: 6.17 million of personal care and service caregivers experience bouts of depression annually. When those bouts occur, who steps in and provides the caregiving services? We have a fragile infrastructure for meeting the needs of the chronically ill and these data demonstrate that it might only get worse as family/neighborhood/community bonds fray. N.B. personal and service rank the highest for occupations that result in depression. There are 57 million Americans who are providing caregiving to loved ones today, with no reimbursement or recompense. Consequently, they are as prone to depression as the ones who get paid to “care.” Imagine if the depression data applied to them: 6.17 million of personal care and service caregivers experience bouts of depression annually. When those bouts occur, who steps in and provides the caregiving services? We have a fragile infrastructure for meeting the needs of the chronically ill and these data demonstrate that it might only get worse as family/neighborhood/community bonds fray.

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