Changing the Narrative When Caregivers Combine Voices
Advocacy Watch
Changing the Narrative When Caregivers Combine Voices
By: Julia Yarbough
Hello KIRC fam~
Do you sometimes feel like your caregiving experience is preparing you for something bigger than yourself or your personal situation?
Do you experience, in real time, gaps in the care services you need in relation to what is available in your region or fits your finances?
Do you get frustrated at why we, as a society, have not propelled issues of aging and care, further into the policy-making spotlight?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then you are in the right place!
This edition of KIRC is focused on advocacy and issues. Keep reading to learn how you can add your name to a host of different advocacy efforts.
Plus, we wrap up with a fun, indoor and outdoor birding event that anyone can take part in!
Tell your U.S. senators: Pass health care price transparency
From: PIRG - Public Interest Research Group
Although hospitals are required to post costs of services, most do so in such complex formulas that we can't figure out the real price. The Senate has a big vote coming up in March, and we need them to pass a law so hospitals must post their prices in dollars and cents.
Click here to submit your comments
From: The National Council on Aging
Tell Congress to Ensure Medicare is Affordable for All
Millions of people can't afford their Medicare out-of-pocket costs. There are programs to help, but few people know about them or how to enroll.
For 15 years, Congress has funded efforts to find and enroll low-income people with Medicare into these programs. This funding has been extended 11 times with bipartisan support and, in a recent Senate committee vote, it received unanimous bipartisan support once again. But today, the funding is blocked in the House.
Click here to submit your comments
Research opportunity
From: The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) will host the Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI) from August 5 - 9, 2024
Click here for details to apply
Show Support for Age-Friendly Care
From: The John A. Hartford Foundation
The Partnership for Quality Measurement is seeking public comment on an Age-Friendly Hospital Measure that can help increase patient-centered, coordinated care across specialties for older adults.
Please encourage the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adopt this measure and improve outcomes for older adults by submitting comments through February 16.
To submit your comments click here
California - AARP
AARP CA Black History Month Events
California - What You Need to Know
From: Justice in Aging: Special Report
An Illusion of Protection: Meaningless Federal “Quality Measures” Endanger Assisted Living Residents
To read the full report, click here
In Case You Missed It
Keeping It REAL Caregiving Sunday Coffee Chat and Support: Caring for Siblings, Yourself, and Your Money
Just for Fun…
National Audubon Society: The Great Backyard Bird Count
Over the past year, my interest in birding has continued to grow. I would like to encourage all of you to consider this as an easy and enjoyable activity you can do right from your home.
If you are a caregiver with limited opportunity to get out and about, you might find that birding offers an easy respite for you and your loved one.
Join the National Audubon Society for the 27th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) from Friday, February 16, through Monday, February 19, 2024.
Click here to learn more and join the fun!
Thanks for continuing to support the effort and work of Keeping It REAL Caregiving. Stay tuned…more resources and programs to come.
Until next time~
Julia
