According to Wu Shwu-chong, the director of National Taiwan University's Institute of Health Policy and Management, in her study "A National Profile of Family Caregivers of the Disabled Elderly People In Taiwan," more than 70 % of caregivers are female, and 30 % of that figure are themselves over the age of 65.
根據台大衛生政策與管理研究所所長吳淑瓊的研究──「台灣功能障礙老人家庭照護者的全國概況剖析」（1999 年），台灣的照顧者有 7 成以上為女性，其中將近 3 成，本身也是 65 歲以上的老人。