Vision
The NJ Legislative Home Care Caucus will target policies to support families while educating lawmakers about the nation’s caregiving crisis.
The purpose of the caucus is to raise awareness about the challenges that family caregivers face and to bring attention to the issues caregivers of all backgrounds face. According to a news release from Dingell, almost 20 million US adults require assistance with activities of daily living due to physical, cognitive, developmental or behavioral conditions, and 53 million family caregivers contribute $600 billion worth of care annually.
The caucus plans to interact with a broad array of stakeholders, including older adults, service providers, paid caregivers, employers, people with disabilities, the long-term care insurance industry, private and public payers, government officials, researchers and technology vendors.