The House voted 70-38 in favor of Senate Bill 352, the Michigan Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act that would support and equip family caregivers with the basic information and training they need when their loved ones go into the hospital and as they transition home.
The Senate concurred in minor amendments immediately afterward. The Senate unanimously passed the bill in December. The Snyder administration has signaled that the Governor supports the bill.
Family caregivers are an unpaid silent army who help make it possible for older Michiganders to live independently at home – where they want to be.
“We are pleased and grateful for bipartisan state House and Senate support of family caregivers, Michigan’s unsung heroes who perform a great labor of love every day,” said Paula D. Cunningham, State Director of AARP Michigan. “They are the first line of defense against older Americans being forced from their homes and into costly nursing homes or back into the hospital.”