DEAR ME CARE CIRCLE, INCORPORATED, NFP Serving the Chicago Metropolitan Area
What is a caregiver?
"Caregivers provide care to people who need some degree of ongoing assistance with everyday tasks on a regular or daily basis. The recipients of care can live either in residential or institutional settings, ranging from children to older adults, and have chronic illnesses or disabling conditions."
Source: CDC
Some Statistics
Family Caregivers Are Critical To National Healthcare Effort
Family Caregivers Are Critical To National Healthcare Effort
Family Caregivers Are Critical To National Healthcare Effort
Informal or unpaid caregivers are the backbone of long-term care provided in people’s homes.
- Unpaid caregivers provide 80% of long-term care in the United States, according to the Office on Women’s Health, US Department of Health and Human Services.
Spouses and Partners More Likely Serve As Family Caregivers
Family Caregivers Are Critical To National Healthcare Effort
Family Caregivers Are Critical To National Healthcare Effort
Family caregivers
- Higher-hour caregivers contribute (21 hours or more weekly).
- Nearly 4 times more likely to be caring for a spouse/partner. National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP. (2015). Caregiving in the U.S.
Prominent Relationships Between Caregivers and Care Recipients
Family Caregivers Are Critical To National Healthcare Effort
Prominent Relationships Between Caregivers and Care Recipients
A majority of caregivers (85%) care for a relative or other loved one:
- 42% care for a parent (31% for a mother, 11% for a father).
- 15% care for a friend, neighbor or another non-relative.
- 14 % care for a child
- 7% care for a parent-in-law.
Family Caregivers
The Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) recognized as the National Center on Caregiving best describes a Family (Informal Caregiver): “any relative, partner, friend or neighbor who has a significant personal relationship with, and provides a broad range of assistance.