70%: Of people turning age 65 will need some type of long-term-care services in their lifetimes.

24%: of people turning 65 who will require paid long-term care for more than two years.

15%: Percentage of people turning age 65 who will spend more than two years in a nursing home.

3.7 years: Average duration of long-term-care need, women.

2.2 years: Average duration of long-term-care need, men.

67.9%: Percentage of people in long-stay nursing facilities who are women.

13%  Estimated percentage of individuals age 65 today who will incur out-of-pocket long-term-care costs of between $0.01 and $50,000 during their lifetimes.

11% Of individuals age 65 today who will incur out-of-pocket long-term-care costs of between $50,000 and $150,000 during their lifetimes.

4% Of individuals age 65 today who will incur out-of-pocket long-term-care costs of between $150,000 and $250,000 during their lifetimes.

9% Of individuals age 65 today who will incur out-of-pocket long-term-care costs of more than $250,000 during their lifetimes.

$321,780: Estimated lifetime cost of care for someone with dementia.

$19,240: Median annual cost for adult day care (five days/week), 2020.

$51,600: Median annual cost for assisted-living facility, 2020.

6.15%: Change in median annual cost (inflation) for assisted living facility since 2019.

$54,912: Median annual cost for a home health aide (44 hours/week; 52 weeks/year), 2020.

$105,850: Median annual nursing-home cost, private room, 2020.

3.57%: Change in median annual nursing-home cost (inflation) since 2019.

$142,254: Expected median annual nursing-home cost, private room, 2030 (assuming 3% inflation rate).

$52,312: Median annual income from all sources for individuals who are 65 or older.

20%: Median increase in household wealth over a nine-year period for married people ages 70 and over who did not require long-term care.

-21%: Median decrease in household wealth over a nine-year period for married people ages 70 who had a long-term-care need.

41 million: The number of people providing unpaid care for family members in the United States, 2015.

16 million: The number of people providing unpaid care for someone with Alzheimer's or other dementia.

16.8%: Percentage of Americans providing care to someone over age 50, 2020.

$470 billion: The estimated dollar value of long-term care provided by unpaid caregivers, 2013.

7.1: Average number of potential caregivers for every person age 80-plus, 2010.

4.1: Expected average number of potential caregivers for every person age 80-plus, 2030.

69.4: Average age of care recipient.

49.2: Average age of caregiver.

62.3: Average age of spousal caregivers.

34%: Percentage of caregivers who are age 65 or older.

Greater than 75%: Percentage of caregivers who are female.

Greater than 33%: Approximate percentage of caregivers for people with Alzheimer's or other dementias who are daughters.

25%: Approximate percentage of caregivers for people with Alzheimer's or other dementias who are "sandwich generation" caregivers, providing care to children as well as older adults.

14.5%: Percentage of caregivers who reported experiencing 14 or more mentally unhealthy days in the past month. (Mentally unhealthy is defined as stress, depression, and problems with emotions.) 

17.6%: Percentage of caregivers who reported experiencing 14 or more physically unhealthy days in the past month.

40.7%: Percentage of caregivers who reported having two or more chronic illnesses. 

33.0%: Percentage of caregivers who reported having a disability.

36.7%: Percentage of caregivers who reported getting insufficient sleep.

56.2%: Percentage of unpaid caregivers reporting anxiety or a depressive disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic.

34.7: Average number of hours per week worked by unpaid caregivers who have jobs in addition to caregiving.

70%: Percentage of caregivers who suffered work-related difficulties because of their caregiving duties.

10%: Estimated percentage of older adults who have suffered from some form of elder abuse.

7%: Estimated percentage of elder-abuse cases that are reported to authorities.