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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

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

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