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Family Caregivers Appreciation
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The Thanksgiving month is a wonderful time to show appreciation for family caregivers. The time and effort put in caregiving by family members is difficult to put a monetary value on, but a recent study by the National Alliance for Caregiving and the AARP put a price tag on family caregiving at $257 billion in the United States.
The study, as summarized at Family Caregiving 101, provides these key statistics:
- The typical caregiver is a 46-year-old Baby Boomer woman with some college education who works and spends more than 20 hours per week caring for her mother who lives nearby.
- Female caregivers provide more hours of care and provide a higher level of care than male caregivers.
- Almost seven in ten (69%) caregivers say they help one person.
- The average length of caregiving is 4.3 years.
- Many caregivers fulfill multiple roles. Most caregivers are married or living with a partner (62%), and most have worked and managed caregiving responsibilities at the same time (74%).
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