Table 2.
Time spent on caregiving activities and cost of informal caregiving (n = 85)
| Care activities | Time spent on care giving mean (SD) |
Annual costs
a
of informal caregiving mean (SD) |
Total annual costs of informal caregiving |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Indian rupees | In US dollars | In Indian rupees | In US dollars | ||
| Activities of Daily Livingb |
27.2 (8.9) (hours/week) |
53139.7 (17468.9) |
987.7 (324.7) |
4516875.0 |
83956.8 |
| Health Service Utilizationc |
17.6 (29.9) (minutes/week) |
574.4 (975.4) |
10.7 (18.1) |
48821.3 |
907.4 |
| Other activitiesd |
11.1 (10.8) (hours/week) |
21738.9 (21151.3) |
404.1 (393.1) |
1847812.5 |
34345.9 |
| Total | 38.6 (15.3) (hours/week) | 75453.0 (30075.2) | 1402.5 (559.0) | 6413508.8 | 119210.2 |
aProxy good method to value the informal care time close to a market price of a professional substitute; bTime spent on Activities of Daily Living- includes time spent on assisting the older care recipient to eat, dress, look after their appearance, toileting and bathing; cTime spent to accompany the older care recipient, while travelling to health facilities and utilizing the health services; dTime spent on supervision and helping with communication of the older care recipient. Conversion value of One US dollar = 53.8 Indian rupees, according to values recorded on 25.02.2013.