Neil Johnson, Executive Director, MN HomeCare Association

Neil Johnson, executive director of the Minnesota HomeCare Association, writes about the need to invest in our home care workforce. Read the full story

A new study finds that the health care costs of employees who provide care to elderly relatives or friends are 8 percent higher than those of employees who are not caregivers. Read the full story

Over 100 leaders from the health care industry, senior organizations, government, and academia discussed the future of long-term care in the United States with Capitol Hill policymakers and staff at the fourth National Long-Term Care Symposium, sponsored by Genworth Financial, on September 14. Read the full story

Carol Levine

In a recent commentary for New American Media, Carol Levine, director of the Families and Health Care Project at the United Hospital Fund in New York City, says current efforts to reform the U.S. health care system could overwhelm family caregivers if lawmakers fail to pair insurance reform with increased access to long-term care and an improved delivery system. Read the full story

Injured vet Tammy Duckworth

We’ve long been warned how unprepared this country is for the number of young men and women who will return home from the Iraq War with mental and physical disabilities.

American military casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan have exceeded 28,000. Statistics show that 80 percent of the wounded are in the 18-30 age range and face an entire lifetime of recovery, adding to an already strained long-term care system that lacks a stable, well-trained workforce. Read the full story