More than 1 in 4 people age 50 and older help take care of at least one family member or friend who has a health issue or disability, according to new results from the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging.
University of MichiganAug 9 2024 In all, 30% of all people in their 50s and early 60s provide care to at least one person with a health issue or disability, compared with 23% of people over 65. And 1 in 10 caregivers in their 50s and early 60s are juggling taking care of three or more people.
Views on caregiving cost responsibility The poll asked all respondents who they think should take the lead when it comes to covering the cost of caregiving for people over age 65. In all, 45% of people 50 and older feel the government should take the lead, while 27% believe it should be the person receiving care, 18% think it should be family or friends, and 10% said it should be other sources.
Reflecting on the findings The poll is based at the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and supported by AARP and Michigan Medicine, U-M’s academic medical center. Additional funding from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund supported a Michigan-specific analysis of caregiver data, via the Michigan Poll on Healthy Aging.
Patterson is a research assistant professor in the Survey Research Center at the U-M Institute for Social Research and a member of IHPI. Jeffrey Kullgren, poll director, associate professor of internal medicine at Michigan Medicine and physician and researcher at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
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