The National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP research and publish statistics and trends about millennial caregivers. The May 2020 report, The “Typical” Millennial Caregiver, gives insight into this new class of caregivers. Furthermore, in 2018, AARP published a fact sheet about how millennials are the emerging generation of family caregivers.
First, let’s understand who fits in the definition of “millennial.” According to the Pew Research Center’s article Where Millennials end and post-Millennials begin, millennials are born between 1981-1996.
Many of these caregivers are in their 30’s and are part of the “Sandwich Generation.” They are sandwiched between caring for young children and caring for aging parents.
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