Did you know?

  • The term caregiver refers to anyone who provides assistance to someone else who is, in some degree,
    incapacitated and needs help: a husband who has suffered a stroke; a wife with Parkinson’s disease; a
    mother-in-law with cancer; a grandfather with Alzheimer’s disease; a son with traumatic brain injury
    from a car accident; a child with muscular dystrophy; a friend with AIDS.

Statistics...
  • 1.4 million children ages 8 to 18 provide care for an adult relative; 72% are caring for a parent or
    grandparent. Fortunately, most are not the sole caregiver.

  • The typical family caregiver is a married and employed 46 year old woman caring for her widowed
    mother who does not live with her. Approximately 60% of family caregivers are women.

  • Working caregivers often suffer many work-related difficulties due to their dual caregiving roles.
    Among working caregivers caring for a family or friend, two-thirds report having to rearrange their work
    schedule, decrease their hours or take an unpaid leave in order to meet their caregiving
    responsibilities. Difficulties due to work and caregiving are even higher among those caring for
    someone with dementia.

  • More than 50 million people provide care for a chronically ill, disabled or aged family member or friend
    during any given year.

  • The most frequently reported unmet needs of caregivers are finding time for one's self, managing
    emotional and physical stress, and balancing work and family responsibilities.

Stress...
  • Family caregivers experiencing extreme stress have been shown to age prematurely. This level of
    stress can take as much as 10 years off a family caregiver's life.

  • Stress of family caregiving for persons with dementia has been shown to impact a person's immune
    system for up to three years after their caregiving ends thus increasing their chances of developing a
    chronic illness themselves.

Resources...
  • The Internet is the place caregivers turn to most for information, followed by doctors.
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