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

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> Indexed question in Health.

## Reading

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.

## Topline

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.?

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

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

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2024-11-19 → 2024-11-22
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.4%
- Module: A
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apha-2024.tiiny.co#care-for-aging-issues](https://verasight-apha-2024.tiiny.co#care-for-aging-issues)

## Citation

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

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apha-2024.tiiny.co#care-for-aging-issues](https://verasight-apha-2024.tiiny.co#care-for-aging-issues)