By Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on January 19th, 2011
As the negative economic news continues, what are we to make of the prolonged recession that has already changed the service landscape for caregiving families? Difficult debate and hard decisions are underway at every level of government from federal, state, county to city levels. The services that families depend on for support such [...]
By Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on January 11th, 2011
Yesterday, January 10th, two studies were released that examined the role of technology and family caregiving. The studies, “Home Tweet Home: The Age Lesson Boomer Social Media Study” (Age Lessons) and “e-Connected Family Caregivers: Bringing Caregiving into the 21st Century” (UnitedHealthcare, National Alliance for Caregiving) looked at how caregivers look at social media [...]
By Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on January 10th, 2011
Editor’s note (February 9, 2012): There is a petition against the proposed cuts to the California Caregiver Resource Centers for Governor Brown’s proposed FY 2012-13 budget. You can view and sign the petition here: http://www.change.org/petitions/dont-balance-californias-budget-on-the-backs-of-family-caregivers
California Governor Brown released the proposed state spending plan for FY 2011 to 2012 today with broad cuts in support [...]
By Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on January 6th, 2011
In the August 11, 2010 edition of PolicyDigest, Family Caregiver Alliance alerted our readers that the Senate Appropriations Committee had approved its spending bill for the departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services with a number of provisions benefitting family caregivers. As part of Vice-President Biden’s Caregiver Initiative, an additional $104.5 million was [...]
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