- Over 90% of family caregivers become more proactive about
seeking resources and skills they need to assist their care
recipient after they have self-identified.
Source: National Family Caregivers Association, Survey of Self-Identified Family Caregivers, 2001.
- 83% of self-identified family caregivers believe their self
awareness led to increased confidence when talking to healthcare
professionals about their loved one’s care.
Source: National Family Caregivers Association, Survey of Self-Identified Family Caregivers, 2001.
- For over 75% of family caregivers it was the act of helping
their loved one with personal care that contributed to their
self-identification.
Source: National Family Caregivers Association, Survey of Self-Identified Family Caregivers, 2001.
- For 60% of family caregivers, their loved one’s
diagnosis and their interaction with the health care system made
them aware that they were family caregivers.
Source: National Family Caregivers Association, Survey of Self-Identified Family Caregivers, 2001.
- Focus group research suggests that family caregivers do not
recognize that public policy has a direct impact on their day-
to- day lives. Many are uncomfortable even thinking there might
be a connection.
Source: Lake Snell Perry & Associates, A Report on Formative Focus Groups, conducted for the Family Caregivers Self-Awareness and Empowerment Project, a joint program of the National Family Caregivers Association and the National Alliance for Caregiving, September 2001.
Reprinted from Statistics on Family Caregivers and Family Caregiving 2006 with permission of the National Family Caregivers Association, Kensington, MD, the nation’s only organization for all family caregivers.
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