[20081027]RS22716_老年人的家庭护理：最近和拟议的立法.pdf

1 CRS calculations based on unpublished tabulations from the 1999 National Long Term CareSurvey by Brenda C. Spillman, the Urban Institute, 2003. For further information, see CRSReport RL33919, Long-Term Care: Consumers, Providers, Payers, and Programs, by CarolOShaughnessy, Julie Stone, Laura B. Shrestha, and Thomas Gabe.2 Brenda C. Spillman and Kirsten J. Black, Staying the Course: Trends in Family Caregiving,AARP Public Policy Institute, Washington, DC, November 2005. This report is based on analysisof the National Long Term Care Survey, 1999.Order Code RS22716Updated October 27, 2008Family Caregiving to the Older Population:Recent and Proposed LegislationKirsten J. ColelloAnalyst in GerontologyDomestic Social Policy DivisionSummaryIt is estimated that about 5.5 million adults aged 65 and older, or 16% of the U.S.population 65 and older, receive long-term care services and supports.1 Of those olderAmericans who receive long-term care, most receive some form of informal, or unpaid,care primarily provided by spouses and adult children.2 Many believe that the demandfor family caregiving is likely to increase with further increases in life expectancy andthe aging of the baby-boom ge