The Toll of Care-Giving on Health and Well-Being

The Toll Of Care-giving On Health And Well-being

Unfortunately, the cost of caregiving can go beyond finances and one's career. It is well documented that caregiving can take a toll on a caregivers health. In fact, the more time spent on caregiving, the greater the likelihood of ill effects.²

> Women who spend 9 hours or more caring for a spouse double their risk of coronary heart disease.⁶

> Middle-aged and older women who provided care for an ill or disabled spouse were almost 6 times as likely to suffer depressive or anxious symptoms as were those who had no caregiving responsibilities^.7

> Women who cared for parents were twice as likely to suffer from depressive or anxious symptoms as noncaregivers.⁷

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This material was prepared by John Galego
1 National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP Public Policy Institute. Caregiving in the U.S. 2015
Caring.com Usage and Attitudes Survey. San Mateo, CA. 2014
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2 Family Caregiver Alliance, “Women and Caregiving: Facts and Figures,” FCA, https://www.caregiver.org/print/240, February 2015. (https://www.caregiver.org/women-and-caregiving-facts-and-figures)
3 The MetLife Study of Caregiving Costs to Working Caregivers Double Jeopardy for Baby Boomers Caring for Their Parents, as cited in Family Caregiver Alliance, “Women and Caregiving: Facts and Figures,”
FCA, https://www.caregiver.org/print/240, February 2015. (https://www.caregiver.org/women-and-caregiving-facts-and-figures)http://www.caregiving.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/mmi-caregiving-costsworking-
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4 Rice University Sociologists Calculate Caregivers Risk of Living in Poverty as cited in Family Caregiver Alliance, “Women and Caregiving: Facts and Figures,” FCA, https://www.caregiver.org/print/240, February
2015. (https://www.caregiver.org/women-and-caregiving-facts-and-figures)
6 Caregiving and risk of coronary heart disease in U.S. women: A prospective study. As cited in Family Caregiver Alliance, “Women and Caregiving: Facts and Figures,” FCA, https://www.caregiver.org/print/240,
February 2015.
7 Reverberations of family illness as cited in Family Caregiver Alliance, “Women and Caregiving: Facts and Figures,” FCA, https://www.caregiver.org/print/240, February 2015.
5 What Is The Sandwich Generation? October 2015. https://www.aplaceformom.com/blog/10-05-15-what-is-the-sandwich-generation/
8 Spousal Caregiving and Incident Hypertension, April 2012 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3836043/
9 High Blood Pressure Is Even Riskier https://mindyourrisks.nih.gov/
10 Long-Term Care - Important Information For Women, 2018. http://www.aaltci.org/long-term-care-insurance/learning-center/for-women.php