Family caregivers who support older relatives are on the rise due to aging-in-place preferences

Family caregivers who support older relatives are on the rise due to aging-in-place preferences 
HousingWire; by Chris Clow; 2/5/25 
The number of family caregivers who support older relatives in either home-based or residential care settings increased by 32% between 2011 and 2022 ... Researchers also say this could be partially tied to rising preferences for aging in place. This is according to a joint study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Additional support came from the National Institute on Aging, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The raw number increase went from 18.2 million in 2011 to 24.1 million in 2022. The study also found that the number of care hours provided by family and other unpaid caregivers increased by 50% during that time. The average number of weekly hours for such care stood at 21.4 in 2011, but it jumped to 31 in 2022, nine hours short of what is widely considered a full-time weekly work schedule.