Family Caregivers Now Provide Over $1 Trillion in Annual Care

Wille Jester • May 21, 2026

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Care at home is costing everyone

A new AARP report put a number on something we all know is real: America's 59 million family caregivers now provide over $1 trillion in unpaid care annually. Nearly half have taken on debt, drained savings, or gone without because of it.



https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/financial-legal/valuing-the-invaluable-report-2026/

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