Table 8. Percent of eldercare providers who cared for one person only by age of eldercare recipient and caregiving activity, averages for the combined years 2023-2024

Table 8. Percent of eldercare providers who cared for one person only by age of eldercare recipient and caregiving activity, averages for the combined years 2023-2024
Caregiving activity	Percent of eldercare providers who cared for one person only, on days they provided care(1)
	Total	Age of care recipient
	Total	65 to 74	75 to 84	85 or older
Total, activities reported as care done for those age 65 and over	(1)-	(1)-	(1)-	(1)-
Eating and drinking	33.0	38.0	30.2	31.8
Household activities	43.9	(2)-	47.9	34.7
Housework	16.6	18.1	20.2	11.5
Food preparation and cleanup	33.9	37.2	38.2	26.5
Lawn and garden care	5.0	10.5	4.4	1.2
Household management	6.6	8.4	6.7	5.0
Purchasing goods and services	15.1	14.8	15.7	14.6
Caring for and helping household members	24.2	25.4	26.3	20.8
Caring for household adults	21.9	22.2	23.4	19.9
Physical care for household adults	16.0	15.3	17.9	14.6
Providing medical care to household adults	8.4	10.3	9.4	5.8
Helping household adults	3.8	5.2	4.0	2.3
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members	20.1	13.1	20.7	25.4
Caring for nonhousehold adults	9.1	4.3	9.6	12.6
Physical care for nonhousehold adults	4.3	0.9	4.6	6.9
Providing medical care to nonhousehold adults	2.0	1.3	0.5	4.1
Helping nonhousehold adults	13.5	9.0	13.0	17.8
Housework, cooking, and shopping assistance for nonhousehold adults	4.8	1.3	6.9	5.4
House and lawn maintenance and repair assistance for nonhousehold adults	1.8	3.2	0.6	2.0
Picking up and dropping off nonhousehold adults	4.5	1.9	3.9	7.2
Working and work-related activities	2.5	3.2	1.0	3.4
Organizational, civic, and religious activities	4.1	7.3	4.0	1.6
Leisure and sports	41.7	(2)-	40.8	45.1
Socializing and communicating	22.9	14.2	20.5	32.7
Watching TV	20.0	27.6	21.2	12.5
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation	3.7	2.7	5.3	2.8
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail	6.3	5.0	7.7	5.7
Traveling	28.7	23.9	31.1	30.1
Other activities, not elsewhere classified	3.2	1.5	5.2	2.3
Footnotes (1) Percents sum to more than 100 percent because some eldercare providers did more than one care activity on days they provided care. (2) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
NOTE: Eldercare providers are those who, in the previous 3 to 4 months, cared for someone with a condition related to aging. Estimates were calculated for people who cared for at least one person age 65 or older. Data refer to people 15 years and over.

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Last Modified Date: September 25, 2025