Original question: "And which of the following best describes the driving time required to travel to the person you are/were providing care for? Please select one." Among those who care for someone outside their home.
Definition of caregiving in the C.A.R.E. Study:
Situations where an individual is responsible for
providing care (emotional, financial, physical) or
the resources for that care to someone or several
people over a substantial period of time.
The caregiving could be for anyone in their life who
is or could be aging, ill or have special needs,
but does not include any caregiving that is done in
a professional capacity/as part of employment.
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Required travel time to patients for caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019
This statistic displays the distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by the time it takes them to travel to the person they care for. It was found that ** percent of caregivers need less than ** minutes to travel to the person they care for.
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Northwestern Mutual. (April 3, 2019). Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by time to travel to patient [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/1017099/caregiver-travel-time-distribution-us/
Northwestern Mutual. "Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by time to travel to patient." Chart. April 3, 2019. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 24, 2026. /statistics/1017099/caregiver-travel-time-distribution-us/
Northwestern Mutual. (2019). Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by time to travel to patient. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 24, 2026. /statistics/1017099/caregiver-travel-time-distribution-us/
Northwestern Mutual. "Distribution of Caregivers in The U.S. as of 2019, by Time to Travel to Patient." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 3 Apr 2019, /statistics/1017099/caregiver-travel-time-distribution-us/
Northwestern Mutual, Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by time to travel to patient ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1017099/caregiver-travel-time-distribution-us/ (last visited July 24, 2026)
Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by time to travel to patient [Graph], Northwestern Mutual, April 3, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1017099/caregiver-travel-time-distribution-us/
