This graph shows the share of U.S. adults aged 40 years and older with caregiving experience who had select feelings about providing care as of 2017, by care recipient mental ability. It was found that 86 percent of respondents who were taking or took care of a recipient who had loss of mental abilities stated that their experience is/was stressful.
Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. who had select feelings about their providing care as of 2017, by care recipient mental ability
Characteristic
Care recipient has loss of mental abilities
Care recipient does not have loss of mental abilities
Original question: When you think about your personal experience providing ongoing living assistance to your family member or close friend, would
you say that…?
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AP-NORC. (October 1, 2017). Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. who had select feelings about their providing care as of 2017, by care recipient mental ability [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/832191/older-american-caregivers-feelings-about-giving-living-assistance-services-by-recipient-condition/
AP-NORC. "Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. who had select feelings about their providing care as of 2017, by care recipient mental ability." Chart. October 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/832191/older-american-caregivers-feelings-about-giving-living-assistance-services-by-recipient-condition/
AP-NORC. (2017). Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. who had select feelings about their providing care as of 2017, by care recipient mental ability. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/832191/older-american-caregivers-feelings-about-giving-living-assistance-services-by-recipient-condition/
AP-NORC. "Percentage of Older Adults Providing Caregiving in The U.S. Who Had Select Feelings about Their Providing Care as of 2017, by Care Recipient Mental Ability." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/832191/older-american-caregivers-feelings-about-giving-living-assistance-services-by-recipient-condition/
AP-NORC, Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. who had select feelings about their providing care as of 2017, by care recipient mental ability Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/832191/older-american-caregivers-feelings-about-giving-living-assistance-services-by-recipient-condition/ (last visited December 25, 2024)
Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. who had select feelings about their providing care as of 2017, by care recipient mental ability [Graph], AP-NORC, October 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/832191/older-american-caregivers-feelings-about-giving-living-assistance-services-by-recipient-condition/
