Saturday, August 1, 2026

Unpaid U.S. adult caregivers of the elderly is 10% of caregivers valued at over $1 trillion dollars!

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Kdv1t0NsE

 According to a 2019 report conducted by the AARP Public Policy Institute, approximately 41 million family caregivers provided 34 billion hours of unpaid care in 2017, the estimated value of which totaled $470 billion. This care is commonly provided at a huge personal cost to caregivers, including lost wages and benefits.

 https://www.caregiving.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AARP1316_ExecSum_CaregivingintheUS_WEB.pdf

 Massive Population Growth: The number of unpaid family caregivers in the U.S. jumped by 9.5 million over five years, reaching 53 million adults (more than 1 in 5 Americans) since 2015.

 https://www.caregivingintheus.org/

 On average, family caregivers are 50 years old and care for someone 68 years old in Minnesota.
https://www.caregivingintheus.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/caregiving-in-the-us-2025-minnesota.doi_.10.26419-2fppi.00383.018.pdf

 Nearly all family caregivers (99%) help with at least one instrumental activity of daily living (IADL), such as shopping, managing finances, preparing meals, and handling transportation.

 Jul 9, 2026AARP's newest report, Valuing the Invaluable 2026, finds that the value of unpaid caregivers' contributions is now over 1 trillion dollars.

 https://mnraaa.org/family-caregiving/

 https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/who-cares-the-value-of-unpaid-carework-in-minnesota/

 Who Cares? is the first report to calculate the annual monetary contribution of unpaid carework to Minnesota’s economy—an astounding $88.1 billion per year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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