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Professional Partners Supporting Family Caregivers
Phase II: Implementing Best Practices
Launch of a new three year project to implement best practices in the fields of nursing and social work that effectively support the work of family caregivers for older adults. The project, made possible by a grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation through the AARP Foundation, will also inform policies that support family caregiving and promote public awareness. Initiative partners include, the Family Caregiver Alliance, the National Association of Social Workers, U.S. Administration on Aging, the Lewin Group, and the Hilltop Institute.
Phase I: Redefining Good Patient Care
National organizations release a report redefining provision of good patient care to include increased professional support for family members and friends who provide ongoing care for older adults. A joint endeavor, made possible by a grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation and The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation - through the AARP Foundation, with the American Journal of Nursing, the Council on Social Work Education and its Journal of Social Work Education, the Family Caregiver Alliance, and Rutgers Center for State Health Policy (New Jersey).
Transportation for Older Adults
Roundtable on FTA-Administered Specialized Transportation Programs.
With the coming of the congressional reauthorization of the surface transportation bill, national, state, and local experts came together to discuss improved transportation options for older adults, persons with disabilities, and low-income workers. Organized by PPI, these experts worked toward a set of policy recommendations for consideration by Congress and the Federal Transit Administration.
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Valuing the Invaluable: The Economic Value of Family Caregiving, 2008 Update
This AARP Public Policy Institute Insight on the Issues by Ari Houser and Mary Jo Gibson presents recent data on the economic value of family caregiving at the national and state levels and summarizes findings about costs to caregivers and how caregiving helps contain health care and long-term care costs. (8 pages)
November 20, 2008
By: Ari Houser, AARP Public Policy Institute; Mary Jo Gibson, AARP Public Policy Institute | Source: AARP Public Policy Institute
Professional Partners Supporting Family Caregivers - Phase I: Redefining Good Patient Care
Good patient care should include family caregivers, according to this collaborative report by a number of national organizations, including the AARP Foundation, which redefines best practices in the fields of nursing and social work as they concern caregiving for older adults.
September 30, 2008
Source: AARP Public Policy Institute
Professional Partners Supporting Family Caregivers - Phase II: Implementing Best Practices
Good patient care should include family caregivers, according to this collaborative report by a number of national organizations, including the AARP Foundation, which redefines best practices in the fields of nursing and social work as they concern caregiving for older adults.
September 30, 2008
Source: AARP.org
Valuing the Invaluable: A New Look at the Economic Value of Family Caregiving
The unpaid contributions of family caregivers are not only the foundation of America's long-term care system but are, as this AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Brief by Mary Jo Gibson and Ari Houser demonstrates, an important component of the U.S. economy, with an estimated economic value of about $350 billion in 2006. (12 pages)
June 25, 2007
By: Mary Jo Gibson, AARP Public Policy Institute; Ari Houser, AARP Public Policy Institute | Source: AARP Public Policy Institute
Ahead of the Curve: Emerging Trends and Practices in Family Caregiver Support
"Cutting edge" trends and practices in state caregiver support programs - including assessment of the caregivers’ own needs, consumer direction in family caregiver support services, and collaborations on caregiving between the aging network and health care providers - are highlighted in this AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper by Lynn Friss Feinberg, Kari Wolkwitz and Cara Goldstein. (55 pages)
March 16, 2006
By: Lynn Friss Feinberg, National Center on Caregiving at the Family Caregiver Alliance; Kari Wolkwitz, MPP, National Center on Caregiving, Family Caregiver Alliance; Cara Goldstein, MSW, National Center on Caregiving, Family Caregiver Alliance; | Source: AARP Policy and Research
In-Brief: Ahead of the Curve: Emerging Trends and Practices in Family Caregiver Support
A succinct summary of the similarly titled AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper in which Lynn Friss Feinberg, Kari Wolkwitz and Cara Goldstein report on states’ “cutting edge” approaches to supporting family caregivers including assessment of caregivers’ own needs, consumer direction in family caregiver support services, and collaborations on caregiving between the aging network and health care providers. (2 pages)
March 16, 2006
By: Wendy Fox-Grage, AARP Public Policy Institute; Mary Jo Gibson, AARP Public Policy Institute | Source: AARP Public Policy Institute
Safe at Home? Developing Effective Criminal Background Checks and Other Screening Policies for Home Care Workers
States increasingly require criminal background screening for home care workers who help millions of Americans with everyday activities. However, the evidence base for adopting specific screening practices is often thin. This paper assesses current laws and practices, highlights key policy considerations and offers guidance on approaches that show promise.
September 18, 2009
By: Sara Galantowicz, Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters; Suzanne Crisp, Boston College; Naomi Karp and Jean Accius, AARP Public Policy Institute | Source: AARP.org
Staying the Course: Trends in Family Caregiving
This AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper by Brenda C. Spillman and Kirsten J. Black of the Urban Institute examines trends in informal (unpaid) and formal (paid) care for persons 65 or older with disabilities. While the use of formal care declined between 1994 and 1999, the number of spouses and children providing informal care increased and family caregivers continue to provide the vast majority of the long-term care received by older persons in the United States. (40 pages)
November 30, 2005
By: Brenda C. Spillman, The Urban Institute; Kirsten J. Black, The Urban Institute | Source: AARP Public Policy Institute; The Urban Institute
Family Caregiver Support Services: Sustaining Unpaid Family and Friends in a Time of Public Fiscal Constraint
Publicly funded caregiver support in the United States, the types of services that are available, and eligibility requirements for these services are discussed in this AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheet by Lynn Friss Feinberg, Sandra Newman and Wendy Fox-Grage. (2 pages)
April 30, 2005
By: Lynn Friss Feinberg, National Center on Caregiving at the Family Caregiver Alliance; Sandra Newman, National Center on Caregiving at the Family Caregiver Alliance; Wendy Fox-Grage, AARP Public Policy Institute | Source: AARP Public Policy Institute; National Center on Caregiving at the Family Caregiver Alliance
Caregiving and Long-Term Care
Informal, unpaid caregivers are the backbone of long-term care in the U.S. today, assisting individuals needing help with daily activities to remain in their homes. An AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheet by Sheel M. Pandya and Barbara Coleman (2 pages)
December 1, 2000
By: Sheel Pandya, AARP Public Policy Institute; Barbara Coleman, AARP Public Policy Institute | Source: AARP Public Policy Institute
Solutions Forums
Saving Jobs in A Recession: How Work Sharing Can Help
Seventeen states have programs that use unemployment funds to keep workers on the job with reduced hours. Learn how federal and state policy can better promote these work-sharing programs--and how several European nations have implemented work-sharing.
The Auto IRA: Strategies for Successful Implementation
Experts from the US and abroad discussed how an Auto-IRA can improve retirement security; lessons from similar programs in New Zealand and the UK; and how the Auto-IRA can work well for workers, small business and the financial industry.
Protecting Your Home, Car and Investment Savings: How to Stop Financial Fraud
How fraud impacts financial security, especially for older Americans—and discussion of policy options for combating mortgage, auto sales and investment scams. Luncheon speaker SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro discussed the Commission’s priorities on financial fraud.
Getting it Right: Smart Housing and Transportation Planning for Livable Communities
This forum featured release of new research on preserving subsidized housing near transit and discussion of how to coordinate housing, transportation and land use policy to develop livable communities.
What Happened to My Social Security COLA?
Why no COLA is expected for 2010 and how this affects individuals and the states. Panelists include experts from the Social Security Administration, AARP, the National Governors Association and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
A New Look at Making Financial Decisions for Retirement
PPI released a series of new reports offering a fresh look at financial decisions related to retirement. Experts examined why many people make poor choices and explore how to improve the options available to retirees.
Fixing Chronic Care in America
National experts discussed problems facing millions of Americans with multiple chronic conditions, and explored potential solutions highlighted in a new PPI publication, Chronic Care: a Call to Action for Health Reform and in a new video Faces of Chronic Care.
AARP Public Policies
Learn about the policy development process at AARP. For a complete guide to AARP's positions on public issues, see The Policy Book, AARP Public Policies 2009-2010.
Center to Champion Nursing in America
The Center to Champion Nursing in America seeks to ensure Americans have the highly skilled nurses we need to provide affordable, quality health care. The Center serves as a consumer-driven, national force to increase the nation’s capacity to educate and retain nurses.
