Real Life Examples
The Just in Time Care program model provides services that reach all family members on either end of the age spectrum, as well as identifies care for both anticipated and unanticipated needs. The links below will provide you with some “real life” examples of when Just in Time Care can and has been used.
Real Life Examples for Child Care
• Mom with several children has a provider willing to do backup care, but can’t afford to pay the full cost of care.
• Family child care provider’s own child is sick and has to close down for the day.
• The children have no school on Presidents’ Day, but employee still needs to get to work.
• With many camps closed during the last week of summer vacation, employee can’t find care for her eight-year-old son.
• Employee’s spouse normally cares for the baby but must go out of town for a family emergency.
• Employee doesn’t feel comfortable leaving ten-year-old son home alone on a teacher training day but can’t take the day off from work.
• Fire damages child care center; all parents need to find emergency care while they look for a permanent care situation.
• Family child care provider’s mother dies; provider has to close for a week to handle arrangements related to the death.
• Emergency/bad weather closes school, but employee still needs to get to work.
• Employee needs child care for eight-year-old son during the few days right after school ends, before camp starts.
• Employee’s in-home provider/nanny unexpectedly resigns; family needs to find intermittent care immediately while they search for new care arrangement for baby.
• Employee’s three-year-old daughter who was running a fever at bedtime wakes up with a normal temperature, but regulations require her to be fever-free for 24 hours before returning to day care; employee has a presentation at work that can't be missed.
• Family child care provider takes a vacation; employee does not want to use his own vacation days to cover that period.
Real Life Examples for Adult/Elder Care
• Employee’s father generally can take care of himself, but when he is not well someone needs to be with him; with no backup, employee needs to stay home with him.
• Employee pays neighbor to make a daily visit to the home of the employee’s adult/elder, but the neighbor is sick and can’t do the visit.
• The elderly relative’s adult day care center is closed due to bad weather or other emergency, but employee still needs to get to work.
• Employee’s wife has just had surgery and needs care for a few days while she recuperates.
• Employee’s sister, who normally cares for employee’s mother, is unavailable and it would fall on the employee to step in and provide the care.
• Employee’s stay-at-home spouse normally takes care of the employee’s elderly mother, but the spouse must go out of town for a family emergency.
• Employee’s husband has Multiple Sclerosis and there are times when temporary care is needed.
• Employee routinely checks in on adult/elder family member a few times a week, but the employee has to go out of town for a weeklong business trip and doesn’t feel comfortable leaving the adult/elder by himself.
• Employee’s mother falls and breaks hip, and needs interim care after returning home from the hospital.
• Employee’s father usually takes care of his wife, but he becomes sick and is unable to handle the normal caregiving responsibilities.
• Father-in-law normally cares for himself, but due to a sudden mental or physical condition, needs a temporary care arrangement until a more permanent decision is made.
• Adult/Elder’s in-home provider unexpectedly resigns; family needs to find intermittent care immediately while they search for new care arrangement.
• Adult/Elder’s regular caregiver takes a vacation; employee does not want to use his own vacation days to cover that period.
