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DID YOU KNOW?

This Is Why Leave The Light On Foundation Continues to Care for Caregivers!

  • There are an estimated 43.5 million caregivers in the United States who provide unpaid care to an adult or a child.

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  • Nearly two-thirds of family caregivers report feeling emotionally stressed (64%).


  • More than half of caregivers find it difficult to take a break (59%).

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  • Nearly 60% find it difficult to balance their job and family and 53 % say they are unable to exercise regularly due to their caregiving responsibilities.

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  • Caregiver stress also bleeds over into the financial arena. Nearly seven in ten (68%) of family caregivers say they have had to use their own money to help provide care for their loved one.

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  • Eight in ten current, former, and future caregivers say that having information about caregiver resources (88%) and respite care (85%) would be at least somewhat or very helpful.

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  • More than three-quarters of caregivers say that assistance with chores and transportation to medical appointments (78%) and general transportation assistance (76%) would be at least somewhat or very helpful. 

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  • Four in ten (41%) of caregivers have made changes in their home for the loved one in their care. 

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  • The typical caregiver is a 49-year-old female, currently caring for a 69-year-old female relative who needs care because of a long-term physical condition. 

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  • The typical millennial caregiver is a 27-year-old adult, equally likely to be male or female. The care recipient is likely a 59.6-year-old female relative, most often a parent or grandparent of the caregiver, who needs help for a physical condition. Compared with other caregiver populations, millennial caregivers are more likely to report that their loved one has an emotional or mental health condition that requires care.

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  • The typical African American caregiver is a 44.2-year-old female, currently caring for one adult, a 66.3-year-old female relative who needs care because of a long-term physical condition. 

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  • The typical Asian American caregiver is a 46.6-year-old female, currently caring for one adult, her 72.8-year-old mother, who has a long-term physical condition. 

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  • The typical male caregiver is a 47.8-year-old currently caring for one adult, typically a 68.8-year-old female relative who needs care because of a long-term physical condition. 

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  • The typical Hispanic caregiver is a 42.7-year-old female, who has provided care in the past 12 months (but isn’t currently doing so) to one adult, a 65.3-year-old female relative. 

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Sources:

2015 AARP National Caregiving Survey of Registered Voters Age 40 and Older 

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Family Caregiver Alliance

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National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) and AARP Public Policy Institute, Caregiving in the U.S., 2015 (Bethesda,MD: NAC, and Washington, DC: AARP, June 2015) 

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