In 2015, the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP estimated that 43.5 million people provided unpaid care. By 2025, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health projects this number will rise to 53 million. These caregivers make up most of the 63 million family caregivers in the United States, nearly one in four adults, who provide ongoing care for complex medical conditions or disabilities. (Reinhard et al., n.d.)

The financial impact is significant, particularly from wage losses. A 2024 study by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health estimates that unpaid caregiving accounts for about $873.5 billion in uncompensated labor. (McHugh, 2024) Although caregiving is often seen as a family duty, it frequently imposes substantial physical, mental, and financial burdens on caregivers. (ME et al., 2017). Read more

1. Corpwell Foundation, Oasis-Virtual, “New Faces of the Future”