Until we make caregiving issues as important to lawmakers as infrastructure and energy, we can act on three critical intermediary steps.
U.S. unpaid caregivers struggling the most with emotional health problems: report
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 25, 2021
Nearly seven out of 10 unpaid U.S. caregivers say that the pandemic has worsened their emotional health. Their 68% rate was more than a tenth higher than the 61% registered by these workers worldwide.
Bill would establish national standard for essential caregiver programs
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 15, 2021
A national essential caregivers program would be established if legislation introduced by a New York congresswoman becomes law.
Home care’s greatest challenge and opportunity is its workforce
By
Helen Adeosun
May 25, 2021
With a rapidly aging population that increasingly wishes to age in place even before the pandemic, the demand for home care will continue to increase against the backdrop of existing care worker shortages.
Best way to honor caregivers? Address the workforce crisis
By
James Balda
Feb 22, 2023
In addition to remembering the caregivers our country has been blessed with, we should call on policymakers to do more to resolve our workforce crisis.
Home care agencies are losing a third of their business to the ‘gray market,’ new study finds
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 22, 2021
Nearly a third of Americans who paid for care for an older adult or a dementia patient recently did not hire workers through a regulated agency, a new study from policy think tank RAND Corporation found.
White House pulls out all the stops to promote care economy plan
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 13, 2021
On Thursday, the White House initiated a full court press for its $3.5 trillion budget blueprint that would provide billions of dollars for home- and community-based services, higher caregiver wages and...
Senators, caregivers demand Congress support HCBS funding
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 18, 2021
In the politically divided U.S. Capitol Thursday, senators on both sides of the aisle called for support of home-and-community-based services (HCBS) benefiting seniors and those suffering from cognitive...
Caregiver pay in the balance as advocacy groups size up proposed spending requirements
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 17, 2023
As assisted living provider advocacy groups try to influence federal home- and community-based services-related policy, their comments are joined by thousands of others, some in agreement with industry...