Most common reasons for employing a caregiver in Italy 2021
the age group of the respondents.
This situation, moreover, represented quite a financial burden for Italian households, who were spending 1.2 thousand euros per month on average on caregivers.
An increasing number of families in Italy resort to home caregivers to assist their elderly or disabled members. According to a survey carried out among a sample of these households, the main reason seemed to be the impossibility to personally assist their dear ones who were living in a different house. Another 30 percent of the respondents declared to live alone and not being able to take care of their house and themselves. The distribution of these answers changed considerably when considering This situation, moreover, represented quite a financial burden for Italian households, who were spending 1.2 thousand euros per month on average on caregivers.