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60% of Americans didn't need any aging-care help in the past year

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Aging can create needs at any point in a year, from a fall to a move to skilled nursing care. Over the last 12 months, most Americans encountered none of it: 60% say neither they nor someone they love needed such help, according to a November 2024 Verasight survey.

Three-in-ten (30%) say that help was needed, and another 10% expect to need it within the next 12 months.

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60% of Americans didn't need any aging-care help in the past year.

In the last 12 months, have you or someone you love/care for needed help with aging issues such as falls, safer living situations, skilled nursing care, etc.?

  • No 60.1%
  • Yes 30.0%
  • Not yet but I anticipate needing it in the next 12 months 10.0%

2024 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.4%

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Methodology

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2024-11-19 → 2024-11-22
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.4%
Module
A

Source

Citation

Verasight APHA Omnibus Survey #2024-122, fielded November 19-22, 2024, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.4%.

https://verasight-apha-2024.tiiny.co

Verasight survey methodology

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
Reporting
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Transparency
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