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66% of all unpaid caregivers are women.

75% of caregiving support in the U.S. is provided by family.

Planning for the future means planning for the unknown…

Who will care for you as you age? Don’t rely on strangers or burden family. Plan for LTC. #LadiesforLTC

By age 75 or older, 70% of women are widowed, divorced or never married (compared to 30% of men).

Women make up 66.8% of long-term care service users for nursing home care, as opposed to 33.2% of men.

About 68% of nursing home residents and 72% of assisted living residents are “women”.

$274,044 = lost wages and Social Security benefits when women leave the labor force to care for ailing parents, spouse or family members.

Who is the “average” caregiver of long-term care?

The “average” caregiver of long-term care is a woman, age 49, who works and spends 20 hours/week providing unpaid care to her aging mother over 5 years.

Long-Term Care

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