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U.S. caregivers feelings about providing care in 2017, by recipient mental condition

Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. who had select feelings about their providing care as of 2017, by care recipient mental ability

The data displays the share of U.S. adults aged 40 years and older with caregiving experience who had select feelings about providing care as of 2017, by care recipient mental ability. It was found that 86% of respondents who were taking or took care of a recipient who had loss of mental abilities stated that their experience is/was stressful.

Stressful 86 72
Time Consuming 84 76
Frustrating 74 54
Sad 70 52
Overwhelmed 61 48