Caregiver demographics
What percentage of caregivers are female?
Upwards of 75% of all caregivers are female
Women provide care that is the equivalent of what financial amount annually in this country?
Women provide informal care that equals $148 billion to $188 billion annually.
How many nursing homes are there in the US?
Number of nursing homes: 15,600 (2016)
(providing 24 hour skilled nursing care)
What is the most common form of disability in the elderly?
arthritis or rheumatism (affecting an estimated 8.6 million persons)
What is the average age of a caregiver and bonus points, who is she looking after?
The average caregiver is a 49 year old woman, caring for her mother.
How many working women are are family caregivers?
20% of all female workers in the United States are family caregivers. Or, 1 in 5.
Of the total number of nursing homes, how many are for profit?
Proportion of nursing homes with for-profit ownership: 69.3% (2016)
(bonus point: what's the advantage/disadvantage of this fact?)
What does ADL stand for?
ADL’s (activities of daily life)
What percentage of caregivers report feeling stressed?
80% of caregivers say they feel a great deal of stress.
Bonus point - why is this?
What percentage of women work less hours to accommodate caregiving demands?
33% of working women decreased work hours
How many people live in nursing homes?
2.1 million Americans, representing 0.62% of the U.S. population, reside in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
How many elderly people report having back problems that interfere with their ability to care for themself?
7.6 million
How many hours per week does a family caregiver provide care for a person aged 65 - 74
30.7
What is the estimated cost to businesses for women who quit their jobs to be caregivers.
The cost to businesses to replace women caregivers who quit their jobs because of their caregiving responsibilities has been estimated at $3.3 billion.
What percentage of the 200,000 dead from Covid has happened in nursing homes?
42% of all COVID-19 deaths have taken place in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
How many elderly persons report having mental or emotional problems that interfere with their ability to care for themself?
2.2 million
what percentage more does female caregivers provide compared to male caregivers? (an yes, this is a generalization and there are always exceptions)
Female caregivers may spend as much as 50% more time providing care than male caregivers.
(bonus points - why is this?)
What _____% of women caregivers with incomes at or below the national median of $35,000 spend ____ hours each week providing care.
(you need both parts of the answer)
52% of women caregivers with incomes at or below the national median of $35,000 spend 20+ hours each week providing care.
From 2006 - 2015, which kind of care increased the most?
ALF - Assisted Living Facilities
How many Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease each year?
Approximately 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with PD each year.