Andrea Kalvesmaki: Caregivers take on heavy emotional burdens while saving taxpayers billions.
and assembling task forces. These include Alabama, California, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Maryland and Mississippi.
For the past two years, FCC has been convening stakeholders to identify and prioritize shared goals and assemble data to describe the realities of caregiving in Utah. These activities provide the foundation for a state plan which aligns with the national strategy, could be used to guide and coordinate future policy efforts in Utah and can be implemented by all sectors and people.
And, as you read this, the 117th Congress is reviewing a proposal from the Florida-based Caregiving Youth Research Collaborative to designate the third week of November as National Caregiving Youth Week. This recognition would pave the way for research and policy to acknowledge the role young people play in caregiving alongside adults.
This work is near and dear to my heart. When I was 12, my parents adopted a child who had suffered a severe traumatic brain injury . I was so excited. While at the time, I did not think of the meals I cooked, the baths I ran and the amount of time I spent soothing him in the middle of the night or early morning so my parents could sleep as “caregiving,” now, as his adult legal authorized representative, I can definitively say the caregiving I did, and still do, for my brother has shaped my life.
Please join me in celebrating National Family Caregivers Month by making efforts to support caregivers. You can review and comment on theby November 30, and reach out to Utah government officials with your caregiving story. Moreover, you can reach out to a family member, neighbor, or loved one who gives care to another and acknowledge the hard work they put in, borne out of love.
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