Over half of home caregivers have thought about leaving. We asked them why.

Over half of home caregivers have thought about leaving. We asked them why.

We surveyed active and recently-departed home care professionals about

what burns them out, what makes them stay, and what would actually

change things. Here's what they said.

We surveyed active and recently-departed home care professionals about what burns them out, what makes them stay, and what would actually change things. Here's what they said.

4X

Caregivers under proactive leadership are 4x more likely to stay.

83%

Of caregivers with weekly schedule disruptions have declined shifts.

45%

Decided to leave weeks before telling anyone. The signals were there.

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2026 Caregiver

Benchmark Report

2026 Caregiver

Benchmark Report

Based on real voices from real caregivers.

What we learned when we

actually listened

What we learned when we actually listened

The Emotional Burnout Driver

The biggest driver of burnout isn't workload; it's emotional. We break down why the isolation of home care amplifies every other stressor and what your support model is missing.

The Scheduling Income Spiral

Scheduling frustration doesn't just cause turnover it triggers an income anxiety spiral that pushes caregivers to work multiple agencies, fracturing loyalty before you even notice.

The Pay Paradox

44% named pay as the single biggest thing that would make a difference. But pay isn't what keeps them at agencies they love. We unpack the retention paradox and what it means for where you invest.

From Insight to Action

The report shows what separates agencies caregivers love from ones they quietly leave — five evidence-based recommendations, grounded in what caregivers actually told us.

What caregivers are actually saying

What caregivers are actually saying

  • "I've found a place where I flourish, with a non-toxic team. You don't find that everywhere."

  • "People acting like they listen and care and then they disappear and nothing gets done about the situation."

  • "Having to pretend to be okay even if you're not, in order to still take care of clients."

  • "Scrambling for shifts during the day. Filling my schedule from one day to the next is a mental strain."

  • "When I feel they value my work, they treat me respectfully and show me they really care for me and my needs — they do not make me feel that I am just one number in the agency."

Based on real voices from real caregivers.

Based on real voices from real caregivers.

See what your workforce isn't telling you directly.

See what your workforce isn't telling

you directly.

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your back office.

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your back office.

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