The hidden casualties of Medicaid cuts: America’s family caregivers

Michigan caregiving experts call for systemic changes to support caregivers | One Detroit - BridgeDetroit

Caregivers are quiet heroes of families and communities who provide essential care while also managing jobs, households, and their well-being. As our population ages and care needs increase, the systems designed to support caregivers must evolve, experts say. This story also appeared in Detroit PBS - One Detroit Recently, Grantmakers in Aging, in partnership with Detroit PBS, held a screening of the PBS documentary “C…

The hidden casualties of Medicaid cuts: America’s family caregivers

Medicaid provides essential support for family caregivers, enabling them to provide critical care for loved ones with rare diseases, chronic illnesses, and disabilities, and proposed cuts to Medicaid would severely impact these caregivers and the health care system as a whole.

Medicaid cutbacks will affect unpaid family caregivers, experts warn • Wisconsin Examiner

Tami Jackson of the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities describes how unpaid family caregivers could be affected by proposed Medicaid cuts in the Republican budget reconciliation package in Washington, D.C. Janet Zander of the Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources, seated at right, also spoke. (Photo by Erik Gunn/Wisconsin Examiner)Among the many people whose health care could be in jeopardy from possible Medicaid cu…

Parents of Medically Complex Children Face Gaps in Medicaid Coverage for Equipment and In-Home Nursing

Parents of children with medically complex conditions a […] The post Parents of Medically Complex Children Face Gaps in Medicaid Coverage for Equipment and In-Home Nursing first appeared on GeneOnline News. The post Parents of Medically Complex Children Face Gaps in Medicaid Coverage for Equipment and In-Home Nursing appeared first on GeneOnline News.

As Federal Cuts Loom, Caregivers Fearful of Life-Changing Losses - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy

As Federal Cuts Loom, Caregivers Fearful of Life-Changing Losses Source: Bowling Green Daily News By: David Horowitz The post As Federal Cuts Loom, Caregivers Fearful of Life-Changing Losses appeared first on Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.

Wilson Jr. funds giving caregivers a break

BATAVIA — The $17,000 that the Genesee County OFA has already gotten from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Legacy Fund will give the OFA’s caregivers a break.