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.
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