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The Hidden Workforce Crisis: Leading Employees Who Are Quietly Caring for Aging Parents

In this episode, Javier sits down with Janice Goldmintz, founder of Talk About Aging, to uncover one of the most overlooked challenges in today's workplace: employees who are silently carrying the weight of caring for aging parents.

Janice shares the hidden cost of "presenteeism" — when your best people are physically at their desks but mentally split between work and a hospital room — and offers leaders a practical, human-first framework they can use tomorrow without overhauling HR.

If you lead a team in 2026, this conversation will change how you see the quietest people in your organization.

What you'll learn in this episode:

Why caregiving for aging parents is still treated like a secret — while childcare is openly accommodated

The SEE framework: See → Explore → Enable — a simple three-step approach any leader can apply this week

Why a $50K employee under caregiver stress can cost the organization roughly $12,500 in lost productivity

How 600 people a day in the UK are leaving their jobs because they can't do both

Why women — especially daughters — carry an unfair share of this invisible burden

The "Red File" / Legacy Drawer concept and how early family conversations reduce workplace stress

The one leadership principle every executive should adopt for an aging workforce

Topics covered:

Presenteeism and how to spot it on your team

Ageism in healthcare and the workplace

Practical conversations leaders can have today

Building a compassionate workplace without losing performance

Why retention, loyalty, and productivity are downstream of compassion

About the guest:

Janice Goldmintz is the founder of Talk About Aging, a consultancy helping individuals, families, and organizations navigate the realities of caregiving and aging. After a successful career in marketing, Janice went back to school in her late 40s to study gerontology — and now helps leaders and families have the conversations most people avoid until it's too late.

Connect with Janice:

🌐 Website: talkaboutaging.com

💼 LinkedIn: Janice Goldmintz

📘 Facebook: Talk About Aging

✉️ Email: janice@talkaboutaging.com

Connect with Javier & Re-Invent Consulting:

🌐 Website: re-invent.consulting

💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/javierllerena

📅 Book a Discovery Call: meetings.hubspot.com/llerena/discoverycall

✉️ Email: jllerena@re-invent.consulting

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