By Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on February 13th, 2012
Editor’s note: This blog posting is cross-posted with the California Work & Family Coalition blog. FCA is a member of the California Work & Family coalition, which advocates for improved laws, policies, and programs to support caregivers in California.
By Kathleen Kelly, Executive Director, Family Caregiver Alliance
Total dollar valuation of unpaid services per family caregiver per [...]
By Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on February 9th, 2012
In Governor Brown’s proposed FY 2012-13 budget, funding for the 11 state-wide California Caregiver Resource Centers would be completely eliminated.
The Caregiver Resource Centers offer much-needed support in a variety of ways to informal caregivers who are oftentimes overwhelmed, physically, emotionally, and financially, with their caregiver responsibilities.
The California Caregiver Resource Centers are asking family caregivers throughout [...]
By Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on January 6th, 2012
Editor’s note: There is a petition against the proposed cuts to the California Caregiver Resource Centers. You can view and sign the petition here: http://www.change.org/petitions/dont-balance-californias-budget-on-the-backs-of-family-caregivers
Governor Jerry Brown released his proposed FY 2012-13 budget this week, which calls for eliminating funding for the California Caregiver Resource Centers (CRC). The language used in the budget document [...]
By Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on November 18th, 2011
November 18, 2011
By Elaine Chen, MSG, National Center on Elder Abuse
“I never expected to find myself in this position,” the woman told me with frustration overlying the sadness in her voice. Her mother, Mrs. P, had moved into an independent living community, and recently began displaying increasingly worrisome behaviors. The property managers called [...]
By Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on March 16th, 2011
How good was 2010 to family caregivers? Well if you factored out the protracted budget crisis in the states, it was a pretty good year. Two landmark pieces of legislation set the pace: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act. We have also gathered other [...]
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 [...]
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