10% of employed family caregivers go from full-time to part-time jobs because of their caregiving responsibilities.

Source: National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, Caregiving in the U.S., 2004.

Family caregivers provide the overwhelming majority of long term-care services in the U.S., approximately 80%.  Over three-quarters (78%) of adults living in the community and in need of long-term care depend on family and friends as their only source of help; 14% receive a combination of family and purchased assistance, and only 8% used paid help only.

Source: Thompson, L., Long-term care: Support for family caregivers [Issue Brief]. Washington, DC: Georgetown University, 2004 and Long-Term Care Financing Project, Long-term Care Users Range in Age and Most Do Not Lie in Nursing Homes. U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, November 8, 2000.