Affordability of elderly caregivers employment for families in Italy 2023

An increasing number of families in Italy resort to home caregivers to assist their elderly members. According to a survey carried out among a sample of these households, however, the expenditure on these professionals might eat up a large part of the family budget. Just 41 percent of the respondents, in fact, declared that they could afford paying for a caregiver, while for 59 percent of individuals this expenditure was partially affordable or not affordable. On average, Italian families spend 1.4 thousand euros per month on one full-time cohabiting caregiver. This statistic displays the capacity to afford expenditure on elderly caregivers for families in Italy as of 2023.