Exhibit 3.
Sources Of Assistance To Adults Ages Sixty-Five And Older Not Residing In A Nursing Home And Receiving Assistance, By Dementia Status, 2011
| Dementia | No dementia | All | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Older adults receiving help | |||
| Number (millions) | 2.8 | 6.9 | 9.7 |
| Percent | 28.9% | 71.1% | 100.0% |
| By residential status (millions) | |||
| Community | 2.2 | 5.9 | 8.1 |
| Residential care | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| Older adults in the community receiving assistance from: | |||
| Family and unpaid caregivers | |||
| 0 | 2.2% | 4.4%*** | 3.8% |
| 1 | 32.5 | 39.3 | 37.4 |
| 2 | 35.8 | 33.3 | 34.0 |
| 3 or more | 29.5 | 23.0 | 24.8 |
| Paid caregivers | 30.1 | 20.5*** | 23.2 |
| Older adults in residential care receiving assistance from: | |||
| Family and unpaid caregivers | |||
| 0 | 14.0% | 19.8% | 17.7% |
| 1 | 41.9 | 41.0 | 41.3 |
| 2 | 29.8 | 23.6 | 25.8 |
| 3 or more | 14.3 | 15.6 | 15.1 |
| Paid caregivers | 92.6 | 92.8 | 92.7 |
| Family and unpaid caregivers | |||
| Number (millions) | 5.8 | 11.3 | 17.1 |
| Percent | 34.0% | 66.0% | 100.0% |
| By residential status (millions) | |||
| Community | 4.8 | 9.9 | 14.7 |
| Residential care | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
| Family and unpaid caregivers providing assistance to adults in the community: | |||
| Relationship to older adult | |||
| Spouse | 17.2% | 26.1%** | 23.2% |
| Daughter | 35.2 | 26.4 | 29.2 |
| Son | 17.0 | 17.3 | 17.2 |
| Other family or unpaid caregiver | 30.6 | 30.2 | 30.4 |
| Duration of care (years) | |||
| 1 or less | 11.9% | 17.0%** | 15.4% |
| 2–3 | 31.1 | 23.2 | 25.7 |
| 4–5 | 18.5 | 21.3 | 20.4 |
| 6 or more | 38.4 | 38.5 | 38.5 |
| Family and unpaid caregivers providing assistance to adults in residential care: | |||
| Relationship to older adult | |||
| Spouse | 7.8% | 7.8% | 7.8% |
| Daughter | 34.6 | 24.5 | 28.7 |
| Son | 30.3 | 23.2 | 26.2 |
| Other family or unpaid caregiver | 27.3 | 44.5 | 37.3 |
| Duration of care (years) | |||
| 1 or less | 14.5% | 19.4%** | 17.4% |
| 2–3 | 11.3 | 27.2 | 20.6 |
| 4–5 | 26.8 | 24.0 | 25.1 |
| 6 or more | 47.4 | 29.4 | 36.9 |
SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study (for numbers of caregivers and paid and unpaid help) and the 2011 National Study of Caregiving (for caregiver relationship and duration of care). NOTES Details about sample size and weighting for estimates related to older adults receiving assistance are in the Notes in Exhibit 1. Among older adults receiving assistance in the study, 2,109 were in the community and 314 were in residential care facilities other than nursing homes. Population estimates, shown in the table, are 8.1 million and 1.6 million, respectively. Analyses from the National Study of Caregiving were weighted to produce nationally representative estimates of family and unpaid caregivers to persons receiving assistance. There were 1,924 caregivers in the study, representing 17.1 million caregivers nationally. Of these, 1,739 were caring for someone in the community and 185 for someone in residential care, representing 14.7 million and 2.4 million caregivers, respectively. “Assistance” is assistance with self-care or household activities for health or functioning reasons, as explained in the Notes to Exhibit 1.
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