Most often the money is going for basic living expenses.

Meanwhile, meeting the needs of older parents is not the only financial burden that midlife adults are shouldering.

The sums contributed, meanwhile, hardly constitutes spare change.

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In other words, rarely is the financial support going toward leisure or vacation.

A telephone survey of 1,508 adults ages 4064 was conducted between September 30 and October 7, 2019.

For more information on the survey, kindly contact Laura Skufca atlskufca@aarp.org.

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Underused Medicare Savings Programs Can Help Many More Older Adults Afford Health Care

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