U.S. caregivers providing select living assistance or home health services in 2018

Published by Frédéric Michas, Jul 21, 2020

This graph shows the share of adults with caregiving experience who provide or had provided different types of ongoing living assistance or home health services in the U.S. as of 2018. Around 85 percent of respondents aged 40 years and older stated they had provided household assistance by shopping for groceries.

Percentage of adults with caregiving experience who had provided the following types of caregiving assistance as of 2018

	Age 18 to 39 years	Age 40 years and older
Shopping for groceries	77%	85%
Transportation to doctor’s appointments or other services	60%	82%
Cooking, meal preparation, and feeding	74%	74%
Housekeeping, such as cleaning and laundry	83%	78%
Arranging or supervising services like doctor’s appointments	47%	76%
Reminders to take medicine	38%	31%
Making sure bills are paid or managing finances	48%	69%
Getting around inside the home	43%	45%
Bathing/ toileting	33%	47%
Administering medicine	37%	52%
Checking blood pressure or checking blood glucose, such as for diabetics	33%	34%
Changing bandages	30%	27%
Preparing or administering injections	10%	13%
Caring for an IV or port	8%	8%
Preparing and inserting tubes	7%	5%

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Release date

2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

June 26 to July 10, 2018

Number of respondents

1,024 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Americans with caregiving experience

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: Do/did you provide any of the following types of ongoing living assistance or home health services?

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