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49% Of Long-Term Care Recipients Require Family Caregiver Help In ‘Most’ Aspects Of Daily Living

About half (49%) of people receiving long-term care assistance from a family caregiver in 2021 need help with “most aspects of daily living.” About 8% need only minor assistance. In 2021, about 47% of care recipients had age-related physical limitations, 23% had accidents requiring rehabilitation, and 32% had cognitive impairments.

In 2018, about 39% of care recipients needed assistance with most aspects of daily living and 12% needed only minor assistance. The average duration of a caregiver event (as reported by …

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