The
American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living
(AHCA/NCAL), along with 73 other national organizations, recently sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Azar regarding
the enactment
of the bipartisan Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage (RAISE)
Family Caregivers Act (P.L. 115-119). The organizations that signed onto
the letter urged immediate and effective implementation of this law to help
better recognize and support our country’s family caregivers. AHCA/NCAL
supported this legislation on the Hill, and when it was signed into law by the
U.S. President earlier this year. The RAISE Family Caregivers Act
requires the HHS Secretary to develop a strategy to support family
caregivers.
According
to AARP, about 40 million family caregivers provide about $470 billion annually
in unpaid care to their loved ones. About 3.7 million family caregivers
provide care to a child under age 18 because of a medical, behavioral, or other
condition or disability, and 6.5 million family caregivers assist both adults
and children.
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