“We can turn the caregiver crisis around, but fast action is needed”

“We can turn the caregiver crisis around, but fast action is needed,” by Katie Smith Sloan, The Hill

Quote:

“The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare how decades of state and federal underinvestment in our aging services infrastructure has created a crisis for families trying to access long-term care services—and historic challenges for aging services providers who serve millions of older adults. … A bold, all-of-government approach is needed to get us out of this crisis—and ensure consistent access to quality care that older adults and their families deserve.”

 

LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:

It is maddening how long-term care “experts” recognize that “decades of state and federal underinvestment,” i.e. government, caused the problems, but they turn immediately to an “all-of-government approach” to fix the same problems government created. Try Medicaid and Long-Term Care instead.