This survey depicts the common main problems or illnesses of care recipients as identified by their informal caregivers in the United States as of 2019. In that year, about twelve percent of caregivers reported that mobility was the main problem of their care recipient.
Common main problem or illness of care recipient as identified by caregiver in the United States as of 2019*
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Caregivers
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- Basic Statistic Distribution of informal unpaid caregivers in the U.S. from 2015-2017, by age
- Basic Statistic Distribution of U.S. informal unpaid caregivers from 2015 to 2017, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Share of informal unpaid caregivers in the U.S. who were women 2015-2017, by state
- Basic Statistic Number of years caregivers in the U.S. expected to provide care for as of 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. caregivers that felt select emotions during caregiving as of 2019
Tasks and expenses
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- Basic Statistic U.S. caregivers providing select living assistance or home health services in 2018
- Basic Statistic Duration of care for recipient in the U.S. 2019
- Premium Statistic Number of hours per day caregivers in the U.S. spent providing care as of 2019
- Basic Statistic Hours of care provided for care recipients in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic Hours of distance from caregiver to care recipient in the U.S. 2019
- Premium Statistic Required travel time to patients for caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019
- Premium Statistic Percentage of U.S. caregivers' monthly budget used for caregiving costs as of 2019
Impact of caregiving
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- Premium Statistic Personal sacrifices U.S. caregivers made as a result of caregiving as of 2018
- Basic Statistic Financial sacrifices U.S. caregivers made as a result of caregiving as of 2018
- Premium Statistic Health care sacrifices U.S. caregivers made as a result of caregiving as of 2018
- Basic Statistic Ways U.S. caregivers coped with the difficulties of caregiving as of 2018
Impact on employment
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- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. informal unpaid caregivers with fulltime/part-time employment 2015-2017
- Basic Statistic Workplace impacts in the U.S. due to informal caregiving 2019
- Premium Statistic Workplace benefits in the U.S. for informal caregivers 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. share of people freelancing who are caregivers 2020, by type of caregiving
Recipients
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- Basic Statistic Number of care recipients of caregivers in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic Main problem of care recipient in the U.S. as identified by caregiver 2019
- Basic Statistic Main problem of informal care recipient in the U.S. by recipient age 2019
- Basic Statistic Individual caregiving prevalence in the U.S. by age of recipient 2019
- Basic Statistic Age of predominant care recipients in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic Age of predominant care recipient in the U.S. by age of caregiver 2019
- Basic Statistic Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by patient age and status
- Basic Statistic Care recipient relation to caregiver in the U.S. 2019
Alzheimer's/dementia caregivers
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- Basic Statistic Ages of Alzheimer/dementia caregivers in the U.S. in 2022
- Basic Statistic Alzheimer and other dementia caregivers' unpaid care in the U.S. 2011-2022
- Basic Statistic Leading U.S. states by number of Alzheimer/dementia caregivers 2022
- Basic Statistic Leading U.S. states by unpaid care given by Alzheimer/dementia caregivers 2022
- Basic Statistic Leading U.S. states by value of unpaid care given by dementia caregivers 2022
- Basic Statistic Share of caregivers for Alzheimer's and dementias with work-related change U.S. 2017
Further related statistics
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- U.S. caregivers self-described state of health in 2017
- Share of caregivers prepared to provide medical tasks in the U.S. 2014, by teacher
- Individual caregiving prevalence in the U.S. by ethnicity 2019
- U.S. veterans' caregivers: characteristics 2010
- Relationship between millennial family caregivers and care recipients U.S. 2015
- U.S. caregivers of veterans: type of help given 2010
- Individuals cared for in England in 2018/19, by ailment
- Illnesses or disabilities of carers in England in 2018/19
- Help provided for care recipient in the U.S. by activity of daily living 2019
- Rate of most common injuries among direct care workers U.S. 2016, by worker type
- Distribution of direct care workers in the U.S. in 2017, by education level
- Share of direct care workers in the U.S. in 2017, by nativity and setting
- Share of direct care workers in the U.S. in 2017, by ethnicity
- Generational distribution of U.S. caregivers as of 2017
- Gross operating surplus of nursing care facilities 1998-2014
- Mental ill health and disturbance in England 2012, by gender and illness
- Share of euthanized people by illness who led to the demand in Belgium 2022
- Share of Hungarians with chronic diseases 2019, by age and gender
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- U.S. caregivers self-described state of health in 2017
- Share of caregivers prepared to provide medical tasks in the U.S. 2014, by teacher
- Individual caregiving prevalence in the U.S. by ethnicity 2019
- U.S. veterans' caregivers: characteristics 2010
- Relationship between millennial family caregivers and care recipients U.S. 2015
- U.S. caregivers of veterans: type of help given 2010
- Individuals cared for in England in 2018/19, by ailment
- Illnesses or disabilities of carers in England in 2018/19
- Help provided for care recipient in the U.S. by activity of daily living 2019
- Rate of most common injuries among direct care workers U.S. 2016, by worker type
- Distribution of direct care workers in the U.S. in 2017, by education level
- Share of direct care workers in the U.S. in 2017, by nativity and setting
- Share of direct care workers in the U.S. in 2017, by ethnicity
- Generational distribution of U.S. caregivers as of 2017
- Gross operating surplus of nursing care facilities 1998-2014
- Mental ill health and disturbance in England 2012, by gender and illness
- Share of euthanized people by illness who led to the demand in Belgium 2022
- Share of Hungarians with chronic diseases 2019, by age and gender
National Alliance for Caregiving. (May 14, 2020). Common main problem or illness of care recipient as identified by caregiver in the United States as of 2019* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 09, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/442909/problem-or-illness-of-informal-care-recipients-in-the-us/
National Alliance for Caregiving. "Common main problem or illness of care recipient as identified by caregiver in the United States as of 2019*." Chart. May 14, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/442909/problem-or-illness-of-informal-care-recipients-in-the-us/
National Alliance for Caregiving. (2020). Common main problem or illness of care recipient as identified by caregiver in the United States as of 2019*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/442909/problem-or-illness-of-informal-care-recipients-in-the-us/
National Alliance for Caregiving. "Common Main Problem or Illness of Care Recipient as Identified by Caregiver in The United States as of 2019*." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/442909/problem-or-illness-of-informal-care-recipients-in-the-us/
National Alliance for Caregiving, Common main problem or illness of care recipient as identified by caregiver in the United States as of 2019* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/442909/problem-or-illness-of-informal-care-recipients-in-the-us/ (last visited December 09, 2023)
Common main problem or illness of care recipient as identified by caregiver in the United States as of 2019* [Graph], National Alliance for Caregiving, May 14, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/442909/problem-or-illness-of-informal-care-recipients-in-the-us/