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There's a gender gap in caregiving for aging parents. How to handle it

In a new Pew Research Center report, 61% of male caregivers and 53% of women report positive impacts from caregiving, highlighting gender differences.
Rooted in social conditioning, experts say women face higher stress due to gendered expectations and less support, especially with demanding health‑care and personal care tasks, as Pew found.
Experts noted that among female caregivers, 38% report caregiving harms physical health versus 26% for men, and 47% report emotional harm versus 30% for men, Pew found.
Exhausted caregivers may experience family strain and shifts in household division of labor, as experts emphasize the importance of discussing care responsibilities, with 'That care is going to be absorbed by the household one way or another, so you need to talk about it.'
Amid practical demands, some caregivers reflect that 'This is really hard, but I am glad I did this,' emphasizing ongoing gender differences in caregiving experiences, experts say.

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