– the NFCSP;
•the VA Caregiver Support Program;
• FMLA;
• state and local paid sick leave statutes;
• various provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act related to caregivers’
role as decision makers, caregiver assessment, quality metrics, and testing of new care
models that promote person- and family-centered care;
• Medicaid’s consumer-directed options for home- and community-based services (e.g., Cash
and Counseling);
• state-funded caregiver support programs;
• the Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act;
• the Lifespan Respite Act;
• Medicare hospice benefits that provide interventions for both the person and the family; and
• the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (NAPA)

Connie’s comments: Families take care of their older adults. Most of the time, they use their own money with no government assistance.