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Financial sacrifices U.S. caregivers made as a result of caregiving as of 2018
Financial sacrifices U.S. caregivers made as a result of caregiving as of 2018
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
This statistic shows the 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. It was found that 41 percent of caregivers stated they had to dip into their personal savings to cover the expenses of providing care.
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
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| Percentage of caregivers | |
|---|---|
| Dip into your personal savings to cover expenses | 41% |
| Reduce how much you save for retirement | 25% |
| Take out a loan, borrow from a friend or a family member, or assume other debts to cover expenses | 18% |
| Reduce how much you put into educational savings for children or other family members | 17% |
| Dip into your retirement savings to cover expenses | 16% |
| Percentage of caregivers | |
|---|---|
| Dip into your personal savings to cover expenses | 41% |
| Reduce how much you save for retirement | 25% |
| Take out a loan, borrow from a friend or a family member, or assume other debts to cover expenses | 18% |
| Reduce how much you put into educational savings for children or other family members | 17% |
| Dip into your retirement savings to cover expenses | 16% |
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This statistic shows the 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. It was found that 41 percent of caregivers stated they had to dip into their personal savings to cover the expenses of providing care.
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- Release date
- October 2018
- 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
- experience providing long-term care to a family member or friend
- Method of interview
- Telephone interviews and online survey
- Supplementary notes
- Question: [Have/Did] you ever [done/do] any of the following as a result of caregiving, or not?
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- Release date
- October 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
- experience providing long-term care to a family member or friend
- Method of interview
- Telephone interviews and online survey
- Supplementary notes
- Question: [Have/Did] you ever [done/do] any of the following as a result of caregiving, or not?
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Statistics on "Caregivers in the U.S."
- Overview
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- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that described themselves as being in good health in 2017U.S. caregivers self-described state of health in 2017
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers whose health has changed since becoming a caregiver in 2017U.S. caregivers self-described changes in health status since caregiving in 2017
- Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. who had select feelings about their providing care as of 2017U.S. caregivers personal feelings about providing care in 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 abilityU.S. caregivers feelings about providing care in 2017, by recipient mental condition
- 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
- Caregivers
The most important statistics
- Percentage of the U.S. general adult population that had some experience as a caregiver as of 2017Percentage of U.S. adults that have experience as a caregiver as of 2017
- Distribution of U.S. caregivers as of 2017, by generationGenerational distribution of U.S. caregivers as of 2017
- Percentage of family caregivers who were millennials in the U.S. in 2015, by ethnicityShare of family caregivers who were millennials in the U.S. in 2015, by ethnicity
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that became a caregiver for select reasons as of 2017Reasons that U.S. caregivers became caregivers as of 2017
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that felt select emotions often or all the time during their caregiving experience as of 2019U.S. caregivers that felt select emotions during caregiving as of 2019
- 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
- Tasks and expenses
The most important statistics
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that provided select support during their role as caregiver as of 2017U.S. caregivers that have provided select support as a caregiver as of 2017
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers who indicated they provided select duties during their caregiving experience as of 2017Caregiving duties performed by U.S. caregivers as of 2017
- Percentage of millennial caregivers who performed select caregiving tasks in the U.S. in 2015Share of millennial caregivers who performed select tasks in the U.S. in 2015
- Mean number of hours U.S. caregivers spent performing select tasks each month as part of their caregiving duties as of 2017Mean monthly hours spent performing caregiving duties in the U.S. as of 2017
- Amount of money family caregivers of seniors in the U.S. spent on caring over the last 12 months as of 2017Amount of money U.S. family caregivers spent on caregiving over the past year 2017
- Percentage of family caregivers in the U.S. who reported select expenses as their most common caregiving expenses as of 2017Leading caregiving expenses among family caregivers in the U.S. 2017
- Percentage of qualified current U.S. caregivers that spent a select percentage of their monthly budget on caregiving activities as of 2019Percentage of U.S. caregivers' monthly budget used for caregiving costs as of 2019
- Out-of-pocket caregiving costs as a share of income in the U.S. in 2016, by generationShare of income for out-of-pocket caregiving costs in the U.S. in 2016, by generation
- Impact of caregiving
The most important statistics
- Percentage of qualified future caregivers in the U.S. who anticipated that caregiving would impact select aspects of their personal lifestyle as of 2016U.S. caregivers that anticipated caregiving would impact their lifestyle 2016
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that had select lifestyle impacts due to caregiving as of 2016U.S. caregivers whose lifestyle was impacted by caregiving as of 2016
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that believed caregiving has impacted their lifestyle as of 2017Percentage of U.S. caregivers whose lifestyle was impacted by caregiving as of 2017
- Percentage of spousal caregivers in the U.S. whose relationship with their spouse has suffered as a result of caregiving as of 2015Effect of caregiving on spousal relationships U.S. 2015
- Percentage of adult child caregivers in the U.S. whose relationship with their parent has suffered as a result of caregiving as of 2015Effect of caregiving on adult child caregiver's relationship with parents U.S. 2015
- 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
- Impact on employment
The most important statistics
- Percentage of family caregivers who were employed in the U.S. in 2015, by generationShare of family caregivers who were employed in the U.S. in 2015, by generation
- Percentage of U.S. employed caregivers that felt their employer was supportive of their caregiving responsibilities in 2017U.S. caregivers that felt their employer was supportive in 2017
- Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. whose employers were supportive of their caregiving role as of 2017, by genderU.S. caregivers support from employers in 2017, by gender
- Percentage of family caregivers in the U.S. who reported that caregiving had select impacts on their job as of 2016Work-related impact of caregiving among family caregivers in the U.S. 2016
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that had select career or job impacts due to caregiving responsibilities as of 2017Percentage of U.S. caregivers whose job has been impacted by caregiving as of 2017
- Percentage of family caregivers in the U.S. who reported that caregiving had a negative impact on their job as of 2016Impact of caregiving on job among family caregivers in the U.S. 2016
- 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
- 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-groupU.S. caregivers job security concerns due to missed work 2017, by age-group
- Recipients
The most important statistics
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that gave care to select family or friends in 2017U.S. caregivers that provided care to select people as of 2017
- Distribution of relationships between millennial family caregivers and care recipients in the U.S. in 2015Relationship between millennial family caregivers and care recipients U.S. 2015
- Percentage of adults with caregiving experience who provided care to the following people in the U.S. as of 2018Relation to caregivers among those receiving living assistance as of 2018
- Percentage of caregivers that stated their care recipient suffered from select conditions in the U.S. as of 2017Leading health conditions of care recipients as cited by U.S. caregivers as of 2017
- Veteran caregivers
The most important statistics
- Distribution of veteran caregivers in the U.S. as of 2017, by genderShare 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 veteranShare 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 2017Services U.S. veteran caregivers provided 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 2017Impact of caregiving on U.S. veteran caregivers' lives 2017
- Alzheimer's/dementia caregivers
The most important statistics
- Age distribution of Alzheimer and other dementia caregivers in the U.S. in 2018Ages of Alzheimer/dementia caregivers in the U.S. in 2018
- Key figures on Alzheimer and other dementia caregivers' unpaid care in the U.S. from 2011 to 2018 (in millions)*Alzheimer and other dementia caregivers' unpaid care in the U.S. 2011-2018
- Leading U.S. states by number of Alzheimer and dementia caregivers as of 2018 (in thousands)Leading U.S. states by number of Alzheimer/dementia caregivers 2018
- 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 unpaid care given by Alzheimer/dementia caregivers 2018
- Leading U.S. states by value of unpaid care given by Alzheimer/dementia caregivers in 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)Leading U.S. states by value of unpaid care given by dementia caregiver 2018
- Caregivers of Alzheimer's and dementia patients with work-related changes in the U.S. in 2017Share of caregivers for Alzheimer's and dementias with work-related change U.S. 2017
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Statistics
- Personal sacrifices U.S. caregivers made as a result of caregiving as of 2018
- Health care sacrifices U.S. caregivers made as a result of caregiving as of 2018
- Ways U.S. caregivers coped with the difficulties of caregiving as of 2018
- Hours of unpaid care provided per week by U.S. caregivers as of 2018, by age
- Control carers have over their daily lives in England 2016/17
- Dementia caregivers' challenges of caregiving in the U.S. as of 2017
- Locations where caregivers provided long-term care in the U.S. 2017
- Dementia caregivers opinions on stress and reward of their work in the U.S. in 2017
- Italy: number of caregivers 2015, by nationality
- Services home health care aides should provide according to older adults U.S. 2017
- Italy: number of caregivers 2015, by geographic area
- Relationship main caregiver and care recipient Japan 2016
- Gender of U.S. veterans' caregivers and veterans 2010
- U.S. caregivers of veterans: employment status 2010
- Complaints on caregivers for abuse in U.S. dementia patients by type 2010
- Workplace benefits in the U.S. for informal caregivers 2014
- Net sales of Attendo AB 2012-2017
- Care requiring U.S. veterans in 2010, by age group
- Work accommodations made by U.S. caregivers of veterans 2010
Studies
- 2019 C.A.R.E Study Part 1
- The Many Faces of Caregivers: A Close-Up Look at Caregiving and Its Impacts
- Caregivers in the U.S.
- Home care in the U.S.
- 2018 C.A.R.E Study
- e-connected Family Caregiver: Bringing Caregiving into the 21st century
- America's Unsung Heroes
- Caregiving in the U.S. 2015
- Caregiving in the U.S. 2009
- Caregivers of Veterans - Serving on the Homefront
- Long-Term Care in America 2016
- Long-Term Care in America 2018
- Long-Term Care in America 2017- follow-up
- Long-Term Care in America 2017
- Genworth 2014 Cost of Care Survey
Statistics on "Caregivers in the U.S."
- 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
- 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 family caregivers who were millennials in the U.S. in 2015, by ethnicity
- 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 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
- Percentage of millennial caregivers who performed select caregiving tasks in the U.S. in 2015
- Mean number of hours U.S. caregivers spent performing select tasks each month as part of their caregiving duties as of 2017
- 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 qualified current U.S. caregivers that spent a select percentage of their monthly budget on caregiving activities as of 2019
- Out-of-pocket caregiving costs as a share of income in the U.S. in 2016, by generation
- Distribution of millennial family caregiver out-of-pocket expenses in the U.S. in 2016, by category (in U.S. dollars)*
- Percentage of qualified future caregivers in the U.S. who anticipated that caregiving would impact select aspects of their personal lifestyle as of 2016
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that had select lifestyle impacts due to caregiving as of 2016
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that believed caregiving has impacted their lifestyle as of 2017
- Percentage of spousal caregivers in the U.S. whose relationship with their spouse has suffered as a result of caregiving as of 2015
- Percentage of adult child caregivers in the U.S. whose relationship with their parent has suffered as a result of caregiving as of 2015
- 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 family caregivers who were employed in the U.S. in 2015, by generation
- 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 family caregivers in the U.S. who reported that caregiving had select impacts on their job as of 2016
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that had select career or job impacts due to caregiving responsibilities as of 2017
- Percentage of family caregivers in the U.S. who reported that caregiving had a negative impact on their job as of 2016
- 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
- Distribution of relationships between millennial family caregivers and care recipients in the U.S. in 2015
- Percentage of adults with caregiving experience who provided care to the following people in the U.S. as of 2018
- Percentage of caregivers that stated their care recipient suffered from select conditions in the U.S. as of 2017
- 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 2018
- Key figures on Alzheimer and other dementia caregivers' unpaid care in the U.S. from 2011 to 2018 (in millions)*
- 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)
- Caregivers of Alzheimer's and dementia patients with work-related changes in the U.S. in 2017
- Percentage of caregivers in the U.S. whose personal lives were affected by caregiving in select ways 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 caregivers who provided select hours of unpaid care per week in the U.S. as of 2018, by age
- Distribution of how much control carers have over their daily lives in England in 2016/17
- Percentage of U.S. dementia caregivers that faced select challenges in their caregiving as of 2017
- Percentage of caregivers in the U.S. who provided long-term care in select locations as of 2017
- Percentage of U.S. dementia caregivers that found caregiving either stressful or rewarding as of 2017
- Number of individuals working as caregivers in Italy in 2015, by nationality
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. aged 40 years and older who thought home health care aides should provide select services as of 2017
- Number of individuals working as caregivers in Italy in 2015, by geographic area
- Relationship of main caregiver to the person requiring care in Japan in 2016
- Gender of veterans' caregivers and their patients in the U.S. in 2010
- Distribution of U.S. veterans' caregivers in 2010, by employment status
- Types of abuse complaints on caregivers among U.S. dementia patients as of 2010
- Distribution of workplace benefits for informal caregiver in the United States as of 2014*
- Net sales of Attendo AB from 2012 to 2017 (in million SEK)
- Distribution of care requiring U.S. veterans in 2010, by age group
- Work accommodations due to caregiving made by caregivers of veterans in 2010
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