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Required travel time to patients for caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019
Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by time to travel to patient
by John Elflein,
last edited
Jun 19, 2019
This statistic displays the distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by the time it takes them to travel to the person they care for. It was found that 43 percent of caregivers need less than 15 minutes to travel to the person they care for.
Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by time to travel to patient
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by John Elflein,
last edited
Jun 19, 2019
This statistic displays the distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by the time it takes them to travel to the person they care for. It was found that 43 percent of caregivers need less than 15 minutes to travel to the person they care for.
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- April 2019
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- February 13 and February 22, 2019
- Number of respondents
- 835 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- All qualified current and past caregivers
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
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Original question: "And which of the following best describes the driving time required to travel to the person you are/were providing care for? Please select one." Among those who care for someone outside their home.
Definition of caregiving in the C.A.R.E. Study: Situations where an individual is responsible for providing care (emotional, financial, physical) or the resources for that care to someone or several people over a substantial period of time. The caregiving could be for anyone in their life who is or could be aging, ill or have special needs, but does not include any caregiving that is done in a professional capacity/as part of employment.
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- February 13 and February 22, 2019
- Number of respondents
- 835 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- All qualified current and past caregivers
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
-
Original question: "And which of the following best describes the driving time required to travel to the person you are/were providing care for? Please select one." Among those who care for someone outside their home.
Definition of caregiving in the C.A.R.E. Study: Situations where an individual is responsible for providing care (emotional, financial, physical) or the resources for that care to someone or several people over a substantial period of time. The caregiving could be for anyone in their life who is or could be aging, ill or have special needs, but does not include any caregiving that is done in a professional capacity/as part of employment.
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- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that received information regarding caregiving from select sources in 2017Primary sources of information on caregiving for U.S. caregivers in 2017
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that learned medical/nursing tasks for caregiving from select sources in 2017Primary sources U.S. caregivers used to learn medical/nursing tasks in 2017
- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who had learned caregiving assistance through the following ways as of 2017U.S. caregivers who learnt caregiving assistance in various ways in 2017
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- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that became a caregiver for select reasons as of 2017Reasons that U.S. caregivers became caregivers as of 2017
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- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that agreed with select statements regarding their duties as caregivers in 2017U.S. caregivers' sentiments about their duties as of 2017
- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who shared caregiving responsibilities with the following people in the U.S. as of 2017U.S. caregivers who shared caregiving responsibilities as of 2017
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- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers who incurred costs providing care and had to reduce or change select personal habits to pay for caregiving as of 2017U.S. caregivers' budgetary changes due to the cost of caregiving as of 2017
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- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who missed work to provide care in the U.S. as of 2017U.S. caregivers share of missed work time for caregiving as of 2017
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- Caregiving areas with the highest potential due to an increasing 50+ U.S. population in 2016 and 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that described themselves as being in good health in 2017
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers whose health has changed since becoming a caregiver in 2017
- Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. who had select feelings about their providing care as of 2017
- Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. who had select feelings about their providing care as of 2017, by care recipient mental ability
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that received information regarding caregiving from select sources in 2017
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that learned medical/nursing tasks for caregiving from select sources in 2017
- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who had learned caregiving assistance through the following ways as of 2017
- Percentage of U.S. adults who supported select programs for caregivers as of 2018
- Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by expected number of years for caregiving
- Percentage of the U.S. general adult population that had some experience as a caregiver as of 2017
- Distribution of U.S. caregivers as of 2017, by generation
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that became a caregiver for select reasons as of 2017
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that felt select emotions often or all the time during their caregiving experience as of 2019
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that agreed with select statements regarding their duties as caregivers in 2017
- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who shared caregiving responsibilities with the following people in the U.S. as of 2017
- Percentage of adults with caregiving experience who had provided the following types of caregiving assistance as of 2018
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that provided select support during their role as caregiver as of 2017
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers who indicated they provided select duties during their caregiving experience as of 2017
- Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by time to travel to patient
- Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by time spent per day providing care
- Percentage of caregivers who provided select hours of unpaid care per week in the U.S. as of 2018, by age
- Mean number of hours U.S. caregivers spent performing select tasks each month as part of their caregiving duties as of 2017
- Percentage of qualified current U.S. caregivers that spent a select percentage of their monthly budget on caregiving activities as of 2019
- Amount of money family caregivers of seniors in the U.S. spent on caring over the last 12 months as of 2017
- Percentage of family caregivers in the U.S. who reported select expenses as their most common caregiving expenses as of 2017
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that believed caregiving has impacted their lifestyle as of 2017
- Percentage of caregivers in the U.S. whose personal lives were affected by caregiving in select ways as of 2018
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers who incurred costs providing care and had to reduce or change select personal habits to pay for caregiving as of 2017
- Percentage of caregivers in the U.S. who spent their own money on caregiving and had to make select financial sacrifices as a result of caregiving as of 2018
- Percentage of caregivers in the U.S. who sacrificed their personal health care as a result of providing care in the past 12 months as of 2018
- Percentage of caregivers in the U.S. who used select activities to cope with the difficulties of caregiving as of 2018
- Percentage of U.S. employed caregivers that felt their employer was supportive of their caregiving responsibilities in 2017
- Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. whose employers were supportive of their caregiving role as of 2017, by gender
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that had select career or job impacts due to caregiving responsibilities as of 2017
- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who missed work to provide care in the U.S. as of 2017
- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who were concerned about the amount of work they missed in the U.S. as of 2017, by age-group
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that gave care to select family or friends in 2017
- Percentage of adults with caregiving experience who provided care to the following people in the U.S. as of 2018
- Distribution of caregivers who provided care to select people in the U.S. as of 2019, by age and status
- Percentage of caregivers that stated their care recipient suffered from select conditions in the U.S. as of 2017
- Distribution of patients who receive support from caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by place of residence
- Distribution of veteran caregivers in the U.S. as of 2017, by gender
- Distribution of veteran caregivers in the U.S. as of 2017, by relationship to veteran
- Percentage of veteran caregivers in the U.S. who provided select services as of 2017
- Percentage of respondents in the U.S. who thought the lives of veteran caregivers were significantly or somewhat affected in select ways due to caregiving as of 2017
- Age distribution of Alzheimer and other dementia caregivers in the U.S. in 2019
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- Leading U.S. states by number of Alzheimer and dementia caregivers as of 2018 (in thousands)
- Leading U.S. states by hours of unpaid care given by Alzheimer and dementia caregivers in 2018 (in millions of hours)
- Leading U.S. states by value of unpaid care given by Alzheimer/dementia caregivers in 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)
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