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Nearly one out of every four US households (23% or 22.4 million households) is involved in caregiving to persons aged 50 and over.
(National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, 1997)
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In 85% of caregiving cases, all home care is provided by family members and friends.
(General Accounting Office, 1994)
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Ninety-two percent of elders are related to their working caregivers.
(U.S. Department of Labor, 1998)
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Forty-one percent of caregivers have children, too. Part of the “sandwich generation,” many women will spend more years caring for a parent than they do raising a child.
(National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, 1997)
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The average caregiver is 46 years old, while the average age of the person being cared for is 77.
(The National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, 1997)
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Caregivers of the elderly spend an average of $279 per month on care-related activities.
(U.S. Department of Labor, 1998)
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Around 4 million Americans are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Approximately 70% of them are cared for at home.
(Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc., 1998)
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Approximately 64% of caregivers of the elderly are employed. They spend an average of 18 to 40 hours per month caregiving.
(Families USA Foundation, 1997)
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Of the 7% of workers who care for an elderly parent, grandparent, in-law, relative, friend, or spouse, 56% are women and 44% are men.
(U.S. Department of Labor, 1998)
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Nineteen percent of elders live with their working caregivers, 46% live 20 minutes or less from the working caregiver, and 18% live over an hour away.
(National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, 1997)
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Nearly 7 million Americans provide long distance care to an elderly loved one.
(National Council on the Aging, 1997)
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Caregivers who quit or drastically reduced their hours have the highest level of stress, and relatives with the most severe behavioral problems. Leaving the workplace causes an annual income loss of about $20,400 per employee.
(U.S. Department of Labor, 1998)
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In 2001, an AARP survey revealed that
more than one-fifth (22%) of people age
45 to 55 provide supportive services to
their parents or other older relations.
Forty-two percent of Asians age 45 to 55
provided supportive services, while 34%
of Hispanics in the same age group
provided these services. Caring for a
parent or older relative was less likely
among blacks (27%) and whites (19%).
(AARP, "In The Middle: A Report on
Multicultural Issues", National Survey:
July 2001)
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More than one quarter (26.6%) of the
adult population has provided care for a
chronically ill, disabled or aged family
member or friend during the past year.
Based on current census data that
translates into more than 50 million
people. (National Family Caregivers
Association (NFCA) Random Sample Survey
of 1000 Adults by CareThere.com, Summer,
2000)
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