Legislation related to Caregivers Archive
Value of having caregivers
1 Comment Published October 26th, 2008 in 24 Hour Care, Legislation related to Caregivers, Primary Family CaregivingI have spent my life always being the one to step in and be the caregiver when one was needed. For the last 6 weeks, I had to be the cared for. I need help because I had rotator cuff surgery and was unable to care for myself and my 4 dogs. First, my elderly [...]
Long Term Health Care premium tax credit with Caregiver Credit
0 Comments Published June 13th, 2008 in Caregiving, Legislation related to Caregivers, Life in general, Primary Family CaregivingThe Connecticut Rep. Joe Courtney has introduced a bill H.R. 6237 that would provide a federal tax credit for Long Term Health Care insurance premiums and a caregiver tax credit under certain circumstances. You can see the rest of the article on Courant.com (June 14). The entire bill can be found on the Library of [...]
Employee caregiving help benefits
0 Comments Published June 1st, 2008 in Caregiver Health Issues, Legislation related to Caregivers, Primary Family CaregivingIn April, there was an article in Inside Indiana Business that cited a 2006 Metlife Mature Market Institute study showing that US businesses lose between $17.1 to 33.6 billion dollars in productivity due to employees caregiving responsibilities. The purpose of the article was to highlight the proposal of an Indiana based company, My Health Care [...]
Think of yourself as a “caregiver”
1 Comment Published May 17th, 2008 in Caregiving, Legislation related to Caregivers, Primary Family CaregivingOne year ago when I arrived at my aunt’s house to care for her, I thought of myself as her niece and friend. I was there to help my aunt as she battled breast cancer. Around the house, she had some books entitled something like, “Rights of caregivers.” She had picked them up during her [...]
Family caregiver legislation is introduced
2 Comments Published May 13th, 2008 in Legislation related to Caregivers, Primary Family CaregivingToday Senators Mikulski and Klobuchar introduced federal legislation called the AGE (Americans Giving care to Elders) Act and the Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act . Check out the media release and Senator Mikulski’s web page. This looks like a good beginning because it monitors long term health care practices and offers a tax credit [...]