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AARP Leaders and Activists in Iowa Continue to Urge Passage of the 'CARE Act' This Year
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A BILL TO INCLUDE IOWA FAMILY-CAREGIVERS IN HOSPITAL-DISCHARGE
PLANS--THE "2018 IOWA 'CARE' ACT"--HAS BEEN INTRODUCED, THIS YEAR, AT THE STATE-CAPITOL.
BUT, TIME IS RUNNING OUT, TO GET IT PASSED. A BROAD COALITION OF IOWA-GROUPS IS URGING STATE-LAWMAKERS TO GET THE JOB DONE, THIS SESSION.
TONY VOLA--WITH THE "OLDER-IOWANS LEGISLATURE"--SAYS...
(VOLA):
"THE '2018 IOWA
"CARE" ACT' IS A NO-COST, COMMONSENSE STEP, TO ADOPT A MINIMUM-STANDARD OF SUPPORT FOR
FAMILY-CAREGIVERS--WHEN THEIR LOVED-ONES GO INTO THE HOSPITAL, AND AS THEY TRANSITION BACK HOME.
IN STATES WHERE SIMILAR LAWS ARE IN PLACE, HEALTHCARE-PROVIDERS REPORT BENEFITS FOR
FAMILY-CAREGIVERS--AND A REDUCTION IN UNNECESSARY RE-HOSPITALIZATIONS."
(BRIDGE):
IOWA IS ONE OF ONLY 14 STATES WITHOUT A LAW LIKE THE
"2018 IOWA 'CARE' ACT" ALREADY IN EFFECT. STACY FRELUND
["FREE-LUND"]--WITH THE "AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION'S" "MIDWEST AFFILIATES"--SAYS...
(FRELUND):
"MANY IOWA-HOSPITALS WORK TO PROVIDE THE BEST-POSSIBLE CARE, FOR THEIR PATIENTS.
BUT, TOO MANY OF IOWA'S FAMILY-CAREGIVERS--FROM ACROSS THE STATE--ARE NOT INVOLVED IN RECEIVING INSTRUCTION, ABOUT THE MEDICAL TASKS [THAT] THEY NEED TO PERFORM."
(BRIDGE):
50-PERCENT OF IOWA'S FAMILY-CAREGIVERS REPORT NOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS, PRIOR TO PATIENT-DISCHARGE.
CHUCK BETTS, FROM KEOKUK, SAYS...
(BETTS):
"LAST YEAR, MY WIFE AND I CARED FOR OUR ADULT-DAUGHTER, FOLLOWING MAJOR SURGERY.
WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THE INSTRUCTION [THAT] WE NEEDED, FROM THE HOSPITAL, TO PERFORM MEDICAL TASKS FOR HER, AT
HOME--LIKE CLEANING THE WOUND, AND HANDLING MULTIPLE MEDICATIONS, AT THE RIGHT TIMES."
(BRIDGE):
317-THOUSAND IOWANS ARE
FAMILY-CAREGIVERS--PROVIDING UNPAID CARE, FOR THEIR LOVED-ONES, THAT'S VALUED AT ABOUT
THREE-POINT-EIGHT-BILLION DOLLARS, ANNUALLY. KENT SOVERN
[LIKE "SOVEREIGN"]--WITH "A-A-R-P IOWA"--SAYS...
(SOVERN):
"EVEN HEALTHCARE-PROVIDER GROUPS WHO HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE
'2018 IOWA "CARE" ACT' HAVE AGREED TO THIS LATEST VERSION OF THE HOUSE-BILL.
IOWA'S CAREGIVING-FAMILIES ARE COUNTING ON THEIR STATE-LAWMAKERS, TO PASS THIS
CONSENSUS-LANGUAGE--THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION."
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TO LEARN MORE, VISIT "A-A-R-P"-DOT-ORG-SLASH-"I-A-CARE-ACT-20-18".
