title: Supporting Family Caregivers.
abstract: (1) About 8,000 baby boomers reach age 65 every day. (2) Nearly 70 percent of people over age 65 will need some form of long-term services and supports in their lives. (3) AARP estimates the value of uncompensated care provided by family caregivers to be more than $450 billion annually.
authors.affiliation: NCSL--Denver, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ewing
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017664:Uncompensated Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States