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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
by John Elflein,
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Jan 8, 2019
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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by John Elflein,
last edited
Jan 8, 2019
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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- October 2018
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- 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
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- Question: [Have/Did] you ever [done/do] any of the following as a result of caregiving, or not?
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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
The most important statistics
- Caregiving areas with the highest potential due to an increasing 50+ U.S. population in 2016 and 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)Caregiving areas with highest potential among 50+ U.S. population 2020
- 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 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 adults with caregiving experience who had provided the following types of caregiving assistance as of 2018U.S. caregivers providing select living assistance or home health services in 2018
- 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
- Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by time to travel to patientRequired 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 spent per day providing careNumber of hours per day caregivers in the U.S. spent providing care as of 2019
- Percentage of caregivers who provided select hours of unpaid care per week in the U.S. as of 2018, by ageHours of unpaid care provided per week by U.S. caregivers 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 2017Mean monthly hours spent performing caregiving duties in the U.S. as of 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
- Impact of caregiving
The most important statistics
- 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 caregivers in the U.S. whose personal lives were affected by caregiving in select ways as of 2018Personal sacrifices U.S. caregivers made as a result of caregiving 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 2017U.S. caregivers' budgetary changes due to the cost of 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 2018Financial sacrifices U.S. caregivers made 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 2018Health care sacrifices U.S. caregivers made as a result of caregiving as of 2018
- Percentage of caregivers in the U.S. who used select activities to cope with the difficulties of caregiving as of 2018Ways U.S. caregivers coped with the difficulties of caregiving as of 2018
- Impact on employment
The most important statistics
- 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 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 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
- 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
- Distribution of caregivers who provided care to select people in the U.S. as of 2019, by age and statusDistribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by patient age and status
- 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
- Distribution of patients who receive support from caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by place of residence Distribution of caregiver patients in the U.S. as of 2019, by place of residence
- 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 2019Ages of Alzheimer/dementia caregivers in the U.S. in 2019
- 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 2018/19
- Dementia caregivers' challenges of caregiving in the U.S. as of 2017
- Locations where caregivers provided long-term care in the U.S. 2017
- Services home health care aides should provide according to older adults U.S. 2017
- Italy: number of caregivers 2015, by nationality
- Dementia caregivers opinions on stress and reward of their work in the U.S. in 2017
- Relationship main caregiver and care recipient Japan 2016
- Italy: number of caregivers 2009-2015
- Italy: number of caregivers 2015, by geographic area
- U.S. veterans requiring caregivers by condition suffered 2010
- U.S. caregivers of veterans: type of help given 2010
- Main problem of informal care recipient in the U.S. by recipient age 2014
- U.S. caregivers of veterans: level of burden 2010
- Share of caregivers prepared to provide medical tasks in the U.S. 2014, by teacher
- Financial difficulties of students in the Netherlands 2017
- Gender of U.S. veterans' caregivers and veterans 2010
Studies
- 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.
- 2019 C.A.R.E Study Part 1
- 2018 C.A.R.E Study
- e-connected Family Caregiver: Bringing Caregiving into the 21st century
- Caregiving in the U.S. 2015
- Caregiving in the U.S. 2009
- America's Unsung Heroes
- 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
- Genworth 2014 Cost of Care Survey
- Genworth 2015 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
- 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
- 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
- Distribution of how much control carers have over their daily lives in England in 2018/19
- 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 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 nationality
- Percentage of U.S. dementia caregivers that found caregiving either stressful or rewarding as of 2017
- Relationship of main caregiver to the person requiring care in Japan in 2016
- Number of individuals working as caregivers in Italy from 2009 to 2015
- Number of individuals working as caregivers in Italy in 2015, by geographic area
- Distribution of U.S. veterans' conditions as reported by their caregivers in 2010
- Distribution of veterans' caregivers in the U.S. in 2010, by type of daily help
- Common main problem or illness of care recipients as identified by caregiver in the United States as of 2014, by recipient age
- Level of burden as perceived by caregivers of U.S. veterans in 2010
- Informal U.S. caregivers prepared to provide medical or nursing tasks as of 2014, by teacher
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- Gender of veterans' caregivers and their patients in the U.S. in 2010
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