Ms. Justice will discuss the Administration on Aging's National Family Caregiver Support Program proposal which will enable thousands of family members to get information, assistance, respite, training, counseling and peer support needed to cope with caregiving challenges.
Family members are the major providers of long term care in the United States.
Additionally, almost three-fourths of caregivers are women, many of whom are older themselves or are employed full time and juggle multiple responsibilities including running households and parenting children. Justice will highlight the key role family caregivers play in the lives of their relatives and the importance of critical support, such as respite care that can sustain caregivers in their roles. The Administration on Aging is the only Federal agency dedicated exclusively to policy development, planning and the delivery of supportive home and community-based services to older persons and their caregivers through the national aging network of state and local agencies on aging, tribal organizations and service providers.