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High Prevalence of
Employed Caregivers
Our society depends on caregiving help.
There are an estimated 53 million informal caregivers in the United States.
It is calculated that 61% of unpaid caregivers working full-time or part-time, putting the number of employed caregivers at an approximate 32.3 million in the United States. They represent a great diversity:
Resources for Prevalence
1. Boumans, N. P., & Dorant, E. (2020). The relationships of job and family demands and job and family resources with family caregivers’ strain. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 35(2), 567–576. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12873 2. Greene, R., & Hunt, G. G. (2017). Who Is My Brother’s Keeper Now? Caregiving: Yours, Mine, and Ours. Generations, 41(2), 71–78. 3. Lerner, D. , Lavelle, T. , Adler, D. , Chow, W. , Chang, H. , Godar, S. & Rogers, W. (2020). A Population-Based Survey of the Workplace Costs for Caregivers of Persons With Treatment-Resistant Depression Compared With Other Health Conditions. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62 (9), 746-756. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001957 4. Li, L., & Lee, Y. (2020). Employment adjustment and mental health of employed family caregivers in Canada. Aging & Mental Health, 24(12), 2073–2081. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2019.1647136 5. Roman, C., Bane, S., & Opthof, E. (2021). How Employers and States Can Support the Essential Workforce of Family Caregivers. American Journal of Health Promotion, 35(7), 1045–1047. https://doi.org/10.1177/08901171211030142g 6. Schempp, D. (2016). Caregiving 101: On being a caregiver. Caregiving 101: On Being a Caregiver - Family Caregiver Alliance. Retrieved March 13, 2022, from https://www.caregiver.org/resource/caregiving-101-being-caregiver/?gclid=CjwKCAiA1JGRBhBSEiwAxXblwQwr6mLJxpeKDaFBsCxLxX0cw3ITy0hkU1hLQ23HBs5bpMasNU7OHRoC8vQQAvD_BwE 7. Sowa, M., & McCann, R. (2021). No Budget for Caregiver Support? Employers Can Consider Linkages With DEI and Mental Health to Retain Talent. American Journal of Health Promotion, 35(7), 1029–1032. https://doi.org/10.1177/08901171211030142b 8. Tugend, A. (2021). Welcome to the Post-Pandemic Workplace. Kiplinger’s Retirement Report, 28(12), 20–21.