Family caregivers and Connecticut’s aging population chalked up a victory last week according to State Reps. Whit Betts (R-78) and Cara Pavalock (R-77), after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the information-providing Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act, a press release from House Republicans reported. Betts and Pavalock, co-sponsors of CARE Act, according to a press release praised colleagues on the unanimous decision in supporting legislation, which provides adequate information to individuals caring for their loved ones following a hospital visit. Under the bill, which now heads to the governor’s desk, hospitals will ask patients if they want to designate a home caregiver, and if they do, provide the caregivers with instructions on medical management, wound care and assorted medical tasks. “This measure will provide our seniors and caregivers with the support they need in order to provide the best quality of care,” Betts said in the press release. “In order to experience the best outcomes, it is important that everyone be informed of the hospital patient’s discharge planning for home care, as well as the follow-up care, and that is why I proudly voted in support of this bill.” The bill also allows hospitals to follow up with home […]
Family caregivers and Connecticut’s aging population chalked up a victory last week according to State Reps. Whit Betts (R-78) and Cara Pavalock (R-77), after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the information-providing Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act, a press release from House Republicans reported. Betts and Pavalock, co-sponsors of CARE Act, according to a press release praised colleagues on the unanimous decision in supporting legislation, which provides adequate information to individuals caring for their loved ones following a hospital visit. Under the bill, which now heads to the governor’s desk, hospitals will ask patients if they want to designate a home caregiver, and if they do, provide the caregivers with instructions on medical management, wound care and assorted medical tasks. “This measure will provide our seniors and caregivers with the support they need in order to provide the best quality of care,” Betts said in the press release. “In order to experience the best outcomes, it is important that everyone be informed of the hospital patient’s discharge planning for home care, as well as the follow-up care, and that is why I proudly voted in support of this bill.” The bill also allows hospitals to follow up with home […]