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New survey on family caregivers released

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The AARP Public Policy Institute and the United Hospital Fund have released the report “Home Alone: Family Caregivers Providing Complex Chronic Care,” a survey of 1,677 family caregivers. Almost half (46%) of family caregivers performed medical/nursing tasks for care recipients with multiple chronic physical and cognitive conditions. More than a third (38%) of caregivers wanted more training. Read more and download the report.

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