October 12, 2022
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Eastern Time
The 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers
Speakers:
Speakers:
Greg Link
Director, Office of Supportive and Caregiver Services
Administration on Aging
Administration for Community Living
Pamela Nadash, PhD,
Associate Professor in Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts Boston
Salom Teshale, PhD.
Policy Associate, National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
ABOUT THE TOPIC:
The 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers was created to support family caregivers of all ages, from youth to grandparents, regardless of where they live or what caregiving looks like for them and their loved ones. The strategy was developed jointly by the advisory councils created by the RAISE Family Caregiving Act and the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act, with extensive input from the public, including family caregivers, the people they support and the organizations and providers that serve family caregivers. The National Strategy will be updated in response to public comments and will evolve with the caregiving landscape.
The 2022 national strategy to support family caregivers is a whole-of-society approach to assist family caregivers. This historic effort by the federal government provides an important roadmap to all those working to increase recognition for the critical role of family caregivers in our healthcare system and for those seeking policies and strategies to support them. The strategy strengthens support for family caregivers by committing to more than 300 actions across 15 Federal agencies. It also includes actions for states, employers and community-based organizations to consider. The strategy is meant to be flexible and will be revised and evolved on a biennial basis.
This session will describe the development process for the National Strategy and the public comment and implementation process, and present key components and recommendations.
About the Speakers:
Greg T. Link. With more than 30 years of experience in aging and family caregiver support programs, Greg oversees ACL’s efforts to implement a range of federally-supported programs and initiatives. His office has responsibility for the National Family Caregiver Support Program, ACL’s dementia program portfolio, the Lifespan Respite Program and other initiatives including the Eldercare Locator, Community Care Corps and person-centered, trauma-informed supportive services for Holocaust survivors and other older adults and family caregivers with histories of trauma. Greg holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Central Florida and a master’s degree in government from the Johns Hopkins University.
Pamela Nadash, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts Boston whose work centers on policies that enable people with needs for long term services and supports (LTSS) to receive needed supports. This includes looking cross-nationally at different countries’ long term care financing and service delivery systems, as well as studying variations in policies and practices among states in the US. Her history of working with state LTSS systems extends back to her seat on the management team of the Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation (1995-98); she has been deputy director of three Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Program Offices (as well as a team member for a fourth), supporting research and pilot programs for a variety of LTSS programs, as well as conducting associated research. Her recent international work has included studies on both France and Germany’s LTSS systems and a book chapter on international trends in LTSS financing. Her work has been published widely in peer review scientific journals.
Salom Teshale, PhD is a Policy Associate on the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)’s Behavioral Health, Aging, and Disability team. She works on projects related to family caregiving and palliative care. Prior to joining NASHP, Salom was a postdoctoral fellow at the Administration for Community Living in the US Department of Health and Human Services and the University of Washington School of Medicine, where she conducted research on topics related to aging and well-being in adults aging with long-term disability, and participated in the Health and Aging Policy Fellowship (2018-2019). She holds a PhD from Brandeis University in social/developmental psychology, and a BA in psychology from the University of Chicago.
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