Find out more about the stats we’ve quoted:
Caregivers & Adult Children
“Caregiving as a risk factor for mortality: the Caregiver Health Effects Study” was published in:
JAMA, the prestigious journal of the American Medical Association published Dec 1999
Conclusions: …participants who were providing care and experiencing caregiver strain had mortality risks that were 63% higher than non-caregiving controls (relative risk [RR], 1.63; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.00-2.65).