How much long-term care do adult children provide?

Wettstein, Gal, and Alice Zulkarnain. “ How much long-term care do adult children provide?”. Issue in Brief 17-11, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, June 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107535.
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Abstract

The brief's key findings are: (1) As people age and their health deteriorates, they begin to need more help with daily activities. (2) While many formal long-term care services are available, cost concerns and personal preferences lead many to rely on informal care from adult children. (3) At any given point, 6 percent of adult children serve as caregivers, and 17 percent will take on this role at some point in their lives. (4) Those who do provide care devote an average of 77 hours per month, which can take a toll on both the finances and health of the caregiver. (5) The caregiving burden on adult children is likely to become a bigger concern as baby boomers move into their 80s.

Title
How much long-term care do adult children provide?
Author
Wettstein, Gal
Zulkarnain, Alice
Center
Center for Retirement Research
Genre
report
Date Issued
June 2017
Publisher
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title
Issue in Brief
Series Number
17-11
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107535
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Subject
Financing Retirement

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