A New National Action Agenda for Care Transitions Focused on Family Caregivers
The United Hospital Fund has announced an agenda of ten action steps to improve transitions in care. Currently, family caregivers of seriously and chronically ill persons are poorly prepared for the daunting responsibilities and complex tasks they are expected to assume. “Transitions in Care 2.0: An Action Agenda” outlines ten recommendations designed to lay the foundation for health care professionals and administrators to work effectively with family caregivers, make family caregivers part of the care team, and align financing and accreditation policies. More information can be found here.
The United Hospital Fund has announced an agenda of ten action steps to improve transitions in care. Currently, family caregivers of seriously and chronically ill persons are poorly prepared for the daunting responsibilities and complex tasks they are expected to assume. “Transitions in Care 2.0: An Action Agenda” outlines ten recommendations designed to lay the foundation for health care professionals and administrators to work effectively with family caregivers, make family caregivers part of the care team, and align financing and accreditation policies. More information can be found here.
The “Action Agenda” was presented at a United Hospital Fund conference, “Transitions in Care 2.0: Family Caregivers and Systems Change,” featuring several Hartford Foundation grantees and based in part on a Hartford Foundation-funded survey conducted by the United Hospital Fund and AARP on the role of family caregivers in providing complex medical/nursing care. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation supported an earlier working group meeting of national leaders that created the framework for this agenda.
