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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Oct 1;34(10):1642–1649. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0536

Exhibit 4.

Hours Of Assistance Per Month From Family And Unpaid Caregivers To Adults Ages Sixty-Five And Older Not Residing In A Nursing Home, By Dementia Status, 2011

Total hours Mean hours per caregiver

Dementia No dementia Dementia No dementia
Caregiving hours 40.9% 59.1% 91.7 67.5***

Relationship of caregiver
Spouse 24.6 34.5 145.1 97.6*
Daughter 38.9 25.3 101.7 65.0***
Son 17.0 15.8 80.4 59.2*
Other family and unpaid 19.5 24.4 59.6 51.9

Caregiver lives with recipient
Yes 66.7 65.8 142.6 96.5***
No 33.3 34.2 53.5 42.9

Caregiver assists someone living in:
Community 91.5 95.0 101.6 73.2***
Residential care 8.5 5.0 44.6 27.3

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study (for living arrangements) and the 2011 National Study of Caregiving (for hours of care and caregiver relationship). NOTES Details about sample size and weighting are in the Notes in Exhibit 3. Hours of help (reported by caregivers) are total hours of assistance provided, including for assistance with activities other than self-care or household activities, such as transportation. Total hours reported were 1.3 billion (weighted estimate) per month for caregivers to all older adults.

*

p < 0.10

***

p < 0.01