Caregiving

Senate Bill 352, the Michigan CARE Act, is expected to be up for a vote on the state House floor today.

A bill intended to provide much-needed help to family caregivers won passage in House committee today.

The Michigan CARE Act -- a bill that would support and equip family caregivers with the information and training they need when their loved ones go into the hospital and as they transition home -- had its hearing day in House committee Feb. 9.

[LANSING, MI] Legislation supporting the state’s family caregivers – an unpaid silent army about 2 million strong who help make it possible for older Michiganders to live independently at home – won overwhelming passage in the state Senate today.

From MIRS News Service

Understand your resources. Seek help. Keep a budget. Look at the realities early on. Listen to a lot of music.

November marks National Family Caregivers Month, a time to recognize the 40 million Americans – about 2 million from Michigan – who help older parents, spouses, and other loved ones live independently at home, where they want to be. The unpaid care they provide – managing medications, cooking meals, driving to appointments, performing complex medical tasks and more – is valued at about $15.5 billion in Michigan alone.

If you are caring for family or friends with Medicare, it's important that you know about this health insurance program.

The Michigan CARE Act, which provides support for the state's 2 million caregivers, had its first legislative hearing on Sept. 29.

"Elaine was a vibrant, hard-working Mom whose life was taken too early due to complications from Alzheimer's.Our last few years were very difficult as we moved through the stages of the disease, but we hung in there and did the best we could to make her safe and comfortable. We made sure that we told her we loved her several times each and every day."