Overview

• More than 63 million Americans—nearly one in four adults—provided unpaid care last year, marking a 16 million-person increase over the past decade
• Seventy-five percent of caregivers deliver 20 or more hours of care weekly, with one-quarter reporting 40 hours or more and over half performing complex medical and nursing tasks
• Only about one-in-five family caregivers have received formal training for their medical duties, raising safety and well-being concerns
• Caregivers are predominantly women in their 50s but include 40% men, 30% “sandwich generation” adults and 4 million youths, many facing financial strain, health declines and social isolation
• A federal budget law set to cut Medicaid by $900 billion over ten years is intensifying advocacy for paid leave, caregiver tax credits, respite services and workplace protections