Your new caregiver rights at a glance!

Kacso Sandor

Attention Nebraska family caregivers! You may be caring for an older parent or loved one helping them to live independently in their own homes. Chances are that you have a lot of responsibility for your family member’s well-being, and now there’s support in place to make life a little bit easier.

AARP Nebraska fought for passage of the Assisting Caregiver Transitions Act –also known as ACT - to help family caregivers when their loved one goes into the hospital and as they transition home.

The new Nebraska law requires that:

• The name of the family caregiver is recorded when a loved one is admitted into a hospital.
• The family caregiver is notified if the loved one is to be discharged to another facility or back home;
• The facility must provide a description of tasks necessary to assist the patient and provide the caregiver with contact information for services in the community; and
• The facility must provide an explanation and live instruction of the medical tasks – such as medication management, injections, wound care and transfers – that the family caregiver will provide at home.

Download and print your free wallet card here:  downloadable wallet card NE

We hope you will cut out the cards, and place them in your and your loved one’s wallets. That way, you’ll both have the important information about this law when you need it most.

For more information, contact us at 1-866-389-5651 toll free or at neaarp@aarp.org.