Caregiver Health & Wellness
Caregiving in the US 2025 is based on comprehensive data collected in 2024. This research continues our longstanding commitment to understanding the evolving experiences of family caregivers that began with our first national profile in 1997 and continued through subsequent editions in 2004, 2009, 2015, and 2020. By iterating and expanding on our established methodology, we can now examine changes in the caregiving experience over the past 15 years.
The 2025 report presents a comprehensive picture of the growing and evolving landscape of family caregiving. In 2025, 63 million American adults provided ongoing care to adults or children with a medical condition or disability—representing almost one-quarter of all adults in the United States. This is a dramatic increase of 45 percent since Caregiving in the US was fielded in 2015. Of these 63 million caregivers, 59 million care for an adult with a complex medical condition or disability.
Family caregivers include parents, friends, neighbors, and even children, and they span across all ages, races and ethnicities, incomes, and communities. They assist people in their lives with basic mobility, personal care, financial management, complex medical tasks, and more. Caregiving in the US is a resource for understanding the critical role family caregivers play in society and for developing policies and programs to support this growing community.
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Caregivers Overview
Family caregivers are the backbone of care in the US, supporting people across the lifespan and lifestages. They are a diverse group spanning all ages, genders, geographies, and much more.
PORTRAITS OF CAREGIVING IN THE US
Watching my mother decline has been gut-wrenching. As she transitions through each stage, it becomes overwhelming for me. But this is my role, and I am honored to walk this journey with her. Receiving resources from various agencies has helped me tremendously because I can’t work full-time and provide the care she needs.