Lower Income Family Caregivers

Overview

This factsheet, leveraging data from Caregiving in the US 2025, shows that lower-income family caregivers (household income under $50K) are more likely to perform complex medical tasks without sufficient support and often struggle with future planning for themselves and their care recipients. The demands of caregiving take a toll on their health, with many reporting difficulty maintaining their wellbeing and more frequently rating their health as fair or poor compared to higher-income caregivers.

With fewer resources and less support, these caregivers face heightened financial pressures, such as often borrowing from loved ones, leaving bills unpaid, pausing savings, and depleting both short- and long-term savings. As a result, they are financially squeezed and making trade-offs that threaten their financial security long after caregiving ends.