10 Facts About Caregiving For a Loved One You Didn't Know - La Pueblita
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Many times people aren’t able to plan for their future and that future arrives sooner or later.

Growing older for many people is a synonym of solitude and loneliness, but other seniors are provided with care from a relative or even a friend.

These are ten facts about long-term caregivers you might didn’t know.

  1. 80% of younger people who answered a recent poll, reported being at least moderately stressed by caregiving.
  2. Millennial caregivers work on average 35 hours per week providing care. 60% of that time is unpaid care.
  3. 44 million people in America provides assistance to a family member or a loved one.
  4. One in three people provides unpaid care to a loved one in The United States
  5. People providing unpaid care to an adult friend or relative ages 18-39
  6. Ten million out of the nearly 44 million people providing care are millennials.
  7. Seven in 10 people 65 and older will need help with activities like dressing, eating, walking and getting of bed.
  8. 53% of millenials say private health insurance should have a larger responsibility in paying for long-term care; 40 % say that Medicare should have more responsibility; and 32% say Medicaid should pay more.
  9. The average cost of having a part-time caregiver come to home is $48,000 a year
  10. Between 40 to 70% of caregivers suffer from depression, while many caregivers also have anxiety as a result of the stress associated with providing care. Anger and irritability are also common symptoms of caregiver stress syndrome. 

Sources: https://apnorc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Long-Term-Caregiving-2018-Report.pdf

https://caregiver.com/articles/caregiver-stress-syndrome/

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