Unpaid family and friends who assist older people with disabilities by coordinating doctor appointments and managing medications are significantly more likely to experience emotional, physical and financial difficulties than caregivers who don’t provide this type of support, according to research done at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and published February 15th 2016… Continue reading “Invisible Work” Takes Toll on Unpaid Caregivers
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Cost of Informal Caregiving Is $522 Billion Annually
The price tag for informal caregiving of elderly people by friends and relatives in the United States comes to $522 billion a year, according to a new RAND Corporation study. Replacing that care with unskilled paid care at minimum wage would cost $221 billion, while replacing it with skilled nursing care would cost $642 billion… Continue reading Cost of Informal Caregiving Is $522 Billion Annually