{"id":15475,"date":"2013-07-18T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T05:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/as-population-ages-more-americans-becoming-caregivers\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:29:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:29:59","slug":"as-population-ages-more-americans-becoming-caregivers","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/07\/18\/as-population-ages-more-americans-becoming-caregivers\/","title":{"rendered":"As population ages, more Americans becoming caregivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More Americans, regardless of experience or specialized knowledge, are finding themselves thrust into the role of caregivers. In <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/Reports\/2013\/Family-Caregivers\/Summary-of-Findings\/Overview.aspx\">a recent Pew Research survey<\/a>, 36% of\u00a0\u00a0U.S. adults said they provided unpaid care to an adult relative or friend in the past year, up from 27% in 2010. Eight percent said they provided unpaid care to a\u00a0child living with health challenges or disabilities, up from 5% in 2010. All told,\u00a039% of U.S. adults are caregivers, up from 30% in 2010.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/Reports\/2013\/Family-Caregivers\/Summary-of-Findings\/~\/media\/9AD65C1D1E1F4B76A51D46FE95DD7A5F.png?w=530&amp;h=500&amp;as=1\" width=\"530\" height=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caregiving encompasses everything from buying someone groceries and managing their finances to helping them with bathing, dressing and other tasks of daily life. But a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aarp.org\/home-family\/caregiving\/info-10-2012\/home-alone-family-caregivers-providing-complex-chronic-care.html\">2012 survey<\/a> by the\u00a0AARP Public Policy Institute and the United Hospital Fund found that in recent years, the role of family caregivers &#8220;has dramatically expanded to include performing medical\/nursing tasks of the kind and complexity once only provided in hospitals.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, nearly half (46%) of family caregivers reported performing such medical\/nursing tasks, three-quarters of those said their tasks included giving injections, administering intravenous fluids or otherwise managing medications.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pew Research study found similar results, with 39% of caregivers saying they managed medications.\u00a0Of that group, 18% said they used online or mobile tools, such as websites or apps, to manage medications, which translates to 7% of all caregivers. 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