backup care
Last-minute coverage
Backup care is childcare or eldercare arranged when regular care falls through—a sick nanny, a closed daycare, a school holiday.
Many employers offer backup care as a benefit, providing emergency coverage so workers can still come to the office: The company provides ten days of backup care per year.
The term acknowledges that primary care arrangements inevitably have gaps.
- childcareSupervision of young ones
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- sitterTemporary child caretaker
- daycareChild supervision facility
- fallbackAlternative if primary fails
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- childcaredaycare, after-school programs, babysitter, nanny, babysitting
- working parentsworking mom, working moms, working dad, dual income, work-life balance
- family benefitsdaycare subsidy, childcare, nanny share, childcare subsidies, adoption leave
backup careself-care
Maintaining personal wellbeing
parental care · family care · staying home · taking time off · personal leave
backup careno safety net
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