Family caregivers provide valuable work to Washington state - even if they don t get paid. A new report puts a value to the unpaid work they do. In 2021, the state had 820,000 family caregivers, according to a new AARP analysis. .
Many Nebraskans know how crucial a family caregiver is to one of their family members. Now AARP research has put a dollar value on that unpaid care - $2.8 billion dollars in 2021. Nearly 180,000 Nebraskans provided family caregiving that year. .
A recent report finds nursing homes across New York are going without proper oversight. AARP New York s report finds about 80% of New York City s almost 300 nursing homes, assisted-living and adult-care facilities didn t receive a single visit from the state s Long Term Care Ombudsman Program during a three-month period in 2022. The reason for this is that the program has long been underfunded, a trend that s set to continue in Gov. .
As the U.S. government debates whether to require higher staffing levels at nursing homes, financial records show some owners routinely push profits to sister companies while residents are neglected.