5 years
The median number of years older adults need family caregiving help.1
13%
The percentage of caregivers who report depression or anxiety. Only 10 percent of people caring for someone without dementia or disability report those symptoms, while almost 19 percent of caregivers for someone with dementia do.2
5%
The percentage of caregivers who attend support groups. Just 6 percent receive training in caregiving, and only 13 percent use respite care.2
17.7 million
The number of people in the United States who are caring for a family member over age 65 who needs help with the tasks of daily life, according to a reportopens in new window from the National Academies of Sciences.1
28 hours
The amount of time per week that caregivers ofpeople with dementia and disability spend on caregiving responsibilities, on average, according to an analysis in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Societyopens in new window. Family caregivers of older adults without disability or dementia spend 12 hours per week on caregiving, on average.2
1National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Families Caring for an Aging America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/23606.
2Riffin, C., Van Ness, P.H., Wolff, J.L. Fried, T. (2017). Family and other unpaid caregivers and older adults with and without dementia and disability. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 65, 1821–1828. doi:10.1111/jgs.14910.
