80% of care provided at home is by family caregivers who find caregiving the #1 stress in their lives.
– 2011 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures report
11.2 million Americans provide billions of hours of unpaid care to people with Alzheimer's or other dementia.
– The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's
In the year before their loved ones death, 59% of caregivers felt they were “on duty” 24 hours a day, and that caregiving during this time was extremely stressful.
– 2011 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures report
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