Caregiving

CAREGIVERS GAIN NEW RIGHTS FROM DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULE

November marks National Family Caregivers Month, a time to recognize the more than 336,000 family caregivers in Utah who help older parents, spouses, and other loved ones live independently at home, where they want to be. The unpaid care they provide through managing medications, cooking meals, driving to appointments, performing complex medicals tasks and more is valued at $4.15 billion in Utah alone.

“After my mother had her first stroke, when her time in the rehab hospital was over, they just kicked her out and said you have to take her home today – and that was it.”

Caregiving may be one of the most important roles a person takes on in his or her life, whether it is a sudden role or one that develops over time. Having resources to start to plan for this role, helping to coordinate a big move, or contemplating having a loved one move in will make the process much easier.

Utah Family Caregivers Provide $4.15 Billion

This press release was issued by AARP on June 4, 2015.

By Danny Harris, Advocacy Director, AARP Utah