{"id":3196,"date":"2025-11-20T20:31:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2025-11-20T20:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:31:48","slug":"wisconsins-unpaid-caregivers-shoulder-a-growing-crisis-survival-coalition-survey-reveals-alarming-trends-madison-wi-november-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/2025\/updates\/wisconsins-unpaid-caregivers-shoulder-a-growing-crisis-survival-coalition-survey-reveals-alarming-trends-madison-wi-november-19-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin\u2019s Unpaid Caregivers Shoulder a Growing Crisis: Survival Coalition Survey Reveals Alarming Trends Madison, WI \u2014 November 19, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 A new survey by the Survival Coalition of Wisconsin highlights the immense burden carried by unpaid family caregivers across the state. More than <strong>525 respondents <\/strong>shared their experiences, painting a stark picture of the challenges faced by families who provide essential care without compensation<strong>. \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-Nov-Survival-Coalition-Unpaid-Caregiver-Experiences-1.pdf\"><strong>Link to Caregiver Statistics<\/strong><\/a> <br><strong>Key Findings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Care Hours Rival Full-Time Jobs<\/strong>:<ul><li>60% <strong>of unpaid caregivers <\/strong>provide care equal to or exceeding a half-time job (20+ hours per week).<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>10% provide care equivalent to a full-time job<\/strong>, and <strong>31% deliver more than 60 hours weekly<\/strong>,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; often around the clock.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Families Fill Workforce Gaps:<\/strong><ul><li>When paid workers are unavailable, <strong>63% of families step in to fill the gap<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>31% report going without care entirely <\/strong>when shifts cannot be covered.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Impact on Employment and Finances<\/strong><ul><li>Caregivers report leaving or considering leaving the workforce due to caregiving demands.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>One respondent shared: <em>\u201cI\u2019ve already had to leave the workforce to care for my son.\u201d <\/em>Another said: <em>\u201cMy parents will NEVER be able to retire due to expenses.\u201d<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Impact on Wisconsin Employers<\/strong><ul><li>Employee caregiving costs US employers $33 billion annually from lost productivity and an additional $6.6 billion to replace employees who retire early or quit,\u201d<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Wisconsin Family and Caregiver Support Alliance (WFACSA) Exemplary Employer awards recognize employers that adopted policies and practices to help unpaid caregivers keep their jobs. <strong>Award ceremony November 21, 2025. Madison, WI WFACSA at <\/strong><strong>http:\/\/wisconsincaregiver.org\/alliance<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Complex Responsibilities Beyond Basic Care<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unpaid caregivers are performing tasks that rival professional health care roles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>86% coordinate care<\/strong>, including scheduling appointments and managing prescriptions.<\/li><li><strong>67% complete Medicaid paperwork <\/strong>and verify eligibility.<\/li><li><strong>67% perform nursing or medical tasks<\/strong>, while <strong>60% provide personal care <\/strong>such as assistance with transfers, toileting, and eating.<\/li><li><strong>83% attend medical appointments<\/strong>, and <strong>36% correct billing and paperwork errors<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Call to Action<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Survival Coalition urges policymakers, employers, and communities to recognize that for multiple reasons unpaid caregivers are not a sustainable solution for Wisconsin\u2019s direct care workforce crisis. Investments in the direct care workforce strengthen our economy, communities, and individual health outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014 A new survey by the Survival Coalition of Wisconsin highlights the immense burden carried by unpaid family caregivers across the state. More than 525 respondents shared their experiences, painting a stark picture of the challenges faced by families who provide essential care without compensation. \u00a0Link to Caregiver Statistics Key Findings Care Hours Rival Full-Time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3196"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3196"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3239,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3196\/revisions\/3239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}