“About 30 percent of older adults who need care are caring for another”

“About 30 percent of older adults who need care are caring for another,” by Kristen Fischer, McKnights LTC News

“More than 30% of older adults who are caregivers are also receiving care to assist with completing their own daily activities. The older adult caregivers are also more likely to care for a spouse, be older than their spouse, have limited financial assets and be in worse physical health, according to a new study. The report was published Monday in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.”

LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:

This whole caregiving challenge just keeps getting scarier and scarier.