Exploding the Myths: Caregiving in America

Authors

U.S. Senate Select Committee on Aging

Document Type

Other

Publication Date

1988

Abstract

Family caregivers provide between 80 and 90 percent of the medically related care, personal care, household maintenance, transportation and shopping needed by older persons. Thus, far from abrogating their responsibility, family caregivers provide care for dependent family members, often at a great emotional and financial cost

Recommended Citation

U.S. Senate Select Committee on Aging. Exploding the Myths: Caregiving in America. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988.