Women As Recipients Of Long-Term Care

The stress of caregiving has been linked to health problems such as hypertension, 8 which may lead to greater health problems such as risk of stroke or dementia.9 Longevity in women is also associated with the onset of dementia. More than two-thirds of Americans age 85 or older, and eight out of 10 centenarians, are women. Longevity and stress of caregiving are just a few factors that play into women's need for long-term care over a greater period of time.

> Women spend twice as many years in a disabled state (as men) at the end of their lives: 2.8 years if they live past 65, and 3.0 years if they live past 80.¹⁰

> More than 70 percent of nursing home residents are women. Their average age at admission is 80.

> Over three-fourths (75.7%) of residents in assisted living communities are women. Their average age at admission is 85.7.

> Almost two-thirds of formal (paid) home care users and informal (unpaid) care recipients are women.

> Among people age 75 or older, women are 60 percent more likely than men to need help with one or more activities of daily living such as eating, bathing, dressing or getting around their home.

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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
AARP Public Policy Institute. Valuing the Invaluable: 2015 Update. Washington, D.C. 2015
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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