Family Eldercare

Congress is currently considering including $400 billion for Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) in the larger infrastructure bill. This investment would help older adults, people with disabilities, and care workers across the country live and age with dignity in their own homes and communities.  

Why support an investment in home and community-based services?

  1.  It allows people to age at home in supportive communities – which is what most of us want for ourselves and our loved ones.   
  2. It saves money – without it, people end up in institutions like nursing homes or hospitals.  
  3. It creates jobs – home care is one of the fastest-growing professions in the country, but the demand is still higher than the supply. Investing in this workforce is critical.  

 What can you do? 

  1. Send a letter to you representative telling them to support the $400 billion investment for Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). Templates available via Justice in Aging (get template) and Caring Across Generations (get template). 
  2. Post on social media (Download toolkit) 
  3. Check out other great organizations who are advocating for older adults, people with disabilities, and those who care for them: 

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Jaime’s Journey Towards Independence

Jaime is a Rapid Rehousing client at Family Eldercare. He is an immigrant who has been a permanent resident since his early thirties and has spent decades paying Social Security taxes out of his wages. Without a doubt, Jaime qualifies for Social Security benefits. However, he has one barrier preventing him from accessing those benefits — a permanent residency card needs to be presented at the time of application and Jaime’s permanent residency card was recently discarded by his old roommates.

Thank You Volunteers!

Volunteers are especially important to all of us at Family Eldercare, in fact, for some of our programs it’s essential. To wrap up Volunteer Week, we have highlighted 4 of our Lifetime Connections Without Walls volunteers to share some of their favorite parts of volunteering with us. 

Thank You Social Workers!

Social Work Month in March is a time to celebrate social workers and their dedication to service. We asked Family Eldercare social workers to share their stories of why they chose to pursue the profession and received a diverse array of responses.

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