Family caregivers spend a large amount of their income on care costs
A large portion of a caregiver’s salary goes to the health needs of their family members, a new study shows. According to the AARP Research report, family caregivers spend 20 percent of their income on out-of-pocket costs related to caregiving. The Alzheimer’s Association also reported earlier this year that Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia hit caregivers’ pocketbooks especially hard.