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Are you a family caregiver? We want to hear from you!

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Nearly half of family caregivers are being called on to perform medical or nursing tasks, often with little or no explanation or guidance.  Are you a family caregiver? Have you ever had a loved one come home from the hospital and no one showed you how to do the medical or nursing tasks that you were asked to perform?  AARP Virginia wants to hear from you! 

AARP Virginia is urging the 2015 General Assembly to pass legislation to ensure that hospitals formally acknowledge a patient’s family caregiver at the time of admission and notify the family caregiver at the time of discharge or transition. We also are asking hospitals to make sure that family caregivers are offered an explanation and live demonstration of the medical or nursing tasks they will need to perform at home. 

Let us know what assistance you think hospitals should provide caregivers before the patients go home.  Please fill out this form to contact us ( you are giving us permission to contact you about your caregiving experience, but we will not share your information with anyone else without contacting you and obtaining your permission):

[contact-form to='gthompson@aarp.org' subject='Caregiver feedback from website'][contact-field label='Name' type='name' required='1'/][contact-field label='Email' type='email' required='1'/][contact-field label='Phone Number' type='text' required='1'/][contact-field label='Do you take care of a family member or friend?' type='radio' required='1' options='Yes%26#x002c; all of the time (more than 4 days a week),Yes%26#x002c; much of the time (1-3 times a week),Yes%26#x002c; when needed (errands%26#x002c; appointments%26#x002c; etc.),No'/][contact-field label='Have you ever had to care for your family member after they have been discharged from the hospital?' type='radio' required='1' options='Yes,No'/][contact-field label='If yes%26#x002c; did you have to perform medical or nursing tasks at home?' type='radio' options='Yes,No'/][contact-field label='Have you ever felt you needed help learning how to do the medical or nursing tasks you needed to perform at home?' type='radio' options='Yes,No,Unsure,Does not apply'/][contact-field label='Tell us briefly about an experience you had with having to care for a family member after they were discharged from the hospital:' type='textarea'/][contact-field label='Are you willing to share your experience with policymakers and/or the media?' type='radio' required='1' options='Yes%26#x002c; both policymakers %26amp; media,Yes%26#x002c; policymakers only,Yes%26#x002c; media only,Unsure - I need to know more,No'/][/contact-form]

If you want to share your story nationally, visit AARP's caregiver page:  I Heart Caregivers.

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