C-TAC and NAC Paper: Not Just Visitors—Integrating Family Caregivers in Care Delivery and Design
The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) and the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) have released a paper, "Not Just Visitors: Integrating Family Caregivers in Care Delivery and Design."
This paper underscores the essential role of family caregivers in supporting loved ones with serious illness and calls for urgent action to integrate caregivers into health care systems and policy.
The stakes are high: family caregiving is valued at more than $600 billion annually, but caregivers face significant financial strain, health risks and emotional stress. Without stronger systems of support, the sustainability of caregiving—and, by extension, the health care system itself—is at risk.
Recent bipartisan actions, including the Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act, the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) GUIDE model, demonstrate increasing recognition of caregivers’ critical role.
"Not Just Visitors" builds on this momentum by outlining concrete, actionable strategies for integrating caregiver supports into payment and care delivery models—such as caregiver assessments, training, reimbursement mechanisms and respite care.
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