RAISE Family Caregivers Act

The RAISE Family Caregivers Act, Public Law 115-119 (January 22, 2018) directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a national family caregiving strategy. The strategy will identify actions that communities, providers, government, and others are taking and may take to recognize and support family caregivers, and will include:

• Promoting greater adoption of person- and family-centered care in all healthcare and long-term service and support settings, with the person and the family caregiver at the center of care teams
• Assessment and service planning (including care transitions and coordination) involving care recipients and family caregivers
• Information, education, training supports, referral, and care coordination
• Respite options
• Financial security and workplace issues

See Administration for Community Living

Issue Brief at Center for Medicare Advocacy