Family Caregiving Is Everyone's Business
- A husband feeds, bathes and clothes his 70-year-old wife who is in the final stages of liver disease.
- A wife visits her husband daily in the nursing home, even though he no longer knows who she is due to Alzheimer’s disease.
- A mother provides everyday care to her developmentally disabled adult son who lives with her.
- A daughter-in-law visits her husband’s parents daily to make sure they take their medication. While her husband pays his parents’ bills and does their yard work, she cleans their house – and worries about what her teenage children are doing at home alone.
Estimates show that the United States has approximately 28.8 million caregivers; they provide more than 30 billion hours of care valued at more than $306 billion.
The percentage of older adults in the U.S. population is growing faster than at any other time in our history. Two factors—longer life spans and the large cohort of aging baby boomers—will combine to double the population of Americans aged 65 and older during the next 25 years. By 2030, there will be 71 million Americans, roughly 20% of the U.S. population, who are 65 or older.
The demand for caregivers will only increase!
Family Caregiving is Everyone's Business
Family Caregiving Is Important
Where Older Adults and Their Caregivers Live
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