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 Sean Coffey, Policy Specialist, on January 28th, 2012
By Sean Coffey, Policy Specialist at Family Caregiver Alliance
Social media is quite the buzz in 2012, and many nonprofits may be wondering:
Is it worth the effort? Is it free? What are the benefits of creating a Facebook page?
As the administrator of Family Caregiver Alliance’s Facebook page, I’m going to share some of what we’ve learned [...]
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 December 23rd, 2011
Editor’s note: Jane Gross recently asked on the New York Times ‘The New Old Age’ blog if family caregivers were “mad as hell?” Kathleen Kelly, the executive director of Family Caregiver Alliance addresses this question in her post below.
December 23, 2011
By Kathleen Kelly
Currently there is only one program for adults – hospice services – that [...]
By Sean Coffey, Policy Specialist, on December 20th, 2011
At the recent AARP forum on caregiving, Jonathan Rauch suggested that we need a groundswell of support around caregiving in order to affect changes, not a “laundry list” of policy proposals to better support caregivers. While Rauch has a point, there’s also the old expression of “no askie, no gettie.” FCA will release its official [...]
By Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on November 29th, 2011
November 29, 2011
By John Jankowski, Research Analyst, Social Security Administration
Of the many effects that caregiving can have on the caregiver’s financial well-being, one of the most harmful—and often least discussed—is its effect on future retirement income. The typical caregiver spends a significant period of time outside of the workforce, which leads to a shorter work [...]
By Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on November 27th, 2011
November 27, 2011
By Jenya Cassidy, Labor Project for Working Families
My 92-year-old grandmother recently fainted while walking to get her mail. She fell forward so hard she fractured bones in her face and arm. The fall and the low blood pressure that caused the fall disoriented her to the point where she forgot where [...]
By Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on November 23rd, 2011
November 20, 2011
By Liam O’Sullivan, Executive Director, Care Alliance Ireland
While there has been significant progress made in the past 20 years in the provision of state supports for caregivers in Ireland, we know little about the experiences of caregivers after their caring has ceased or changed in nature.
A recent report from Ireland on the [...]
By Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on November 21st, 2011
November 20, 2011
By Amy Berman, Senior Program Officer, The John A. Hartford Foundation
I remember the day that my grandmother came to live with us. Grandma Shirley had Alzheimers Disease. She was no longer able to live independently. Growing up I had always looked forward to trips to New York. She had [...]
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