Political Quotes

“I urge my colleagues to support the Dignity in Aging Act. As vice chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, I am honored to be a part of this bipartisan effort to respond to the challenges facing a generation of aging Americans. I'm also proud that this package includes my bill, the Supporting Family Caregivers Act, which will facilitate the assessment of in-home caregivers' needs to determine what resources would help them provide care. I want to thank Congresswoman Elise Stefanik for partnering on this bipartisan legislation to support in-home caregivers. Americans across the country rely on family caregivers, whose contributions range from bathing and dressing their loved ones, to coordinating care across multiple health care providers, to managing the payment of household and medical bills, and more. Each year, this adds up to roughly $470 billion in unpaid care provided by 40 million family caregivers. I believe one of the best ways to improve home health care is to protect the health and wellbeing of the caregivers who provide it. The Supporting Family Caregivers Act encourages the use of assessments to identify caregivers' individual needs and challenges, thereby allowing services to be targeted to each person more effectively and efficiently. Although resources are currently available to family caregivers, direct feedback through assessments would improve the quality of the support they receive.…”