This survey shows the percentage of U.S. adults aged 40 years and older who thought home health care aides should provide select services as of 2017. At this time, 95 percent of older adults thought home health care aides should remind patients to take medicine, while only 33 percent thought they should make sure a patient's bills are paid.
Percentage of adults in the U.S. aged 40 years and older who thought home health care aides should provide select services as of 2017
Characteristic
Should provide
Should not provide
Reminders to take medicine
95%
5%
Bathing, toileting, and getting dressed
94%
5%
Getting around inside the home
91%
9%
Administering medicine
87%
12%
Cooking, meal preparation, and feeding
86%
13%
Transportation to doctor’s appointments or other services
Original question: "Thinking about home health care aides for people who require ongoing living assistance, do you think the typical home health care
aide should provide each of the following as part of their care, or should this not be a service they provide?"
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AP-NORC. (May 25, 2017). Percentage of adults in the U.S. aged 40 years and older who thought home health care aides should provide select services as of 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/727461/services-home-health-care-aides-should-provide-united-states/
AP-NORC. "Percentage of adults in the U.S. aged 40 years and older who thought home health care aides should provide select services as of 2017." Chart. May 25, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/727461/services-home-health-care-aides-should-provide-united-states/
AP-NORC. (2017). Percentage of adults in the U.S. aged 40 years and older who thought home health care aides should provide select services as of 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/727461/services-home-health-care-aides-should-provide-united-states/
AP-NORC. "Percentage of Adults in The U.S. Aged 40 Years and Older Who Thought Home Health Care Aides Should Provide Select Services as of 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/727461/services-home-health-care-aides-should-provide-united-states/
AP-NORC, Percentage of adults in the U.S. aged 40 years and older who thought home health care aides should provide select services as of 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/727461/services-home-health-care-aides-should-provide-united-states/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Percentage of adults in the U.S. aged 40 years and older who thought home health care aides should provide select services as of 2017 [Graph], AP-NORC, May 25, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/727461/services-home-health-care-aides-should-provide-united-states/
