“Caregiving becoming more complex, consuming for family members, surveys reveal”

“Caregiving becoming more complex, consuming for family members, surveys reveal,” by Diane Eastabrook, McKnight’s Home Care

 

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“Two recent surveys by financial services companies paint a stark picture for family caregivers. Genworth’s 2021 Cost of Care Survey of more than 1,300 family caregivers found 49% of care recipients required help in all aspects of daily living; that’s an increase from 39% in 2018. The survey found an increase in cognitive impairments among care recipients from 26% in 2018 to 32% this year. … The Genworth survey supports the findings of the recent Fidelity Investments American Caregivers study. That study found that 4 out of 10 working caregivers polled might be forced to make a choice between their jobs and caregiving responsibilities.”

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

The challenge of caregiving is going from bad to worse as government fiddles.