Younger Family Caregivers

Overview

This factsheet, leveraging data from Caregiving in the US 2025, shows that younger caregivers (those under 50) are more often a female and providing care to a parent. Younger caregivers are also more often caring for someone with an emotional or mental health condition than older caregivers.

More younger family caregivers manage more short-term conditions compared to older family caregivers. Most have been caring for someone shorter-term than other family caregivers – 5 years or less. They help with getting in and out of beds or chairs, giving medicines, managing finances, grocery shopping, housework, transportation, and medical and nursing tasks. Most younger caregivers are employed while caring. They are also more likely to have ever used technology or software related to providing care. Many younger caregivers face financial hardships as a result of their caregiving.