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Exclusive Corporate feature. Corporate Account. Statista Accounts: Access All Statistics. Basic Account. Over one-fourth 26 percent of women ages 65 to 74 lived alone in This share jumped to 39 percent among women ages 75 to 84, and to 55 percent among women ages 85 and older.
The aging of the baby boom generation could fuel more than a 50 percent increase in the number of Americans ages 65 and older requiring nursing home care , to about 1.
The large share of older adults also means that Social Security and Medicare expenditures will increase from a combined 8. Policymakers can improve the outlook for the future by reducing current gaps in education, employment, and earnings among younger workers. Resource Library. Fact Sheet: Aging in the United States. Product: Fact Sheet. Article Details Download. Population Bulletin, vol. Aging in the United States. Caring for Loved Ones Sixty-five percent of older adults with long-term care needs rely exclusively on family and friends to provide assistance.
Another 30 percent supplement family care with paid assistance. Care provided by family and friends can determine whether an older person can remain at home. In fact, 50 percent of the elderly who have a long-term care need but no family available to care for them are in nursing homes, while only 7 percent who have a family caregiver are in institutional settings. As of , some Of these, As more people live long enough to experience multiple health issues and dependency, more relatives will be facing this responsibility.
In one Gallup survey, 55 percent of caregivers reported providing care for three years or more. Women as Caregivers Upwards of 75 percent of all caregivers are women.
Female caregivers may spend as much as 50 percent more time providing care than men. A common scenario is an older woman who cares for her husband only to discover later that there are few financial or other resources to meet her own needs for assistance.
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