Caregiving in the U.S.

The National Alliance for Caregiving, AARP and the John A. Hartford Foundation recently released Caregiving in the US, 2025 Report. There are currently, 63 million Americans who provide ongoing complex caregiving.

  • Currently 1 in 4 Americans is a family caregiver. This has increased by 45% from 2015.
  • Persons requiring care are older adults; nearly half are older than 75 and most are living with multiple chronic conditions.
  • Caregivers on average spend 27 hours each week providing care, and 24% provide more than 40 hours a week.
  • Most of the nation’s caregivers experience an impact upon their employment
  • Nearly half of caregiver’s report having a financial impact from their caregiving responsibilities, including debt, inability to save money, and using their short-term savings
  • One in 5 caregivers report physical and emotional health issues and rate their health as fair or poor

To review this report:
https://www.caregiving.org/new-report-reveals-crisis-point-for-americas-63-million-family-caregivers/