title: Hiring relatives as caregivers in two states: developing an education and research agenda for policy makers.
abstract: Meeting the long-term care needs of the growing aging population is a priority policy issue in the United States. Yet, hiring relatives as caregivers remains a controversial policy issue. This two-state case study reports findings about views from policy experts regarding a policy option to hire family caregivers in home- and community-based long-term care programs. Policy makers also discussed information needed by other states considering this option and effective approaches to disseminate findings about this option from the Cash and Counseling Demonstration Evaluation. Based on the study results, we present an education and research agenda to communicate these findings to policy makers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Administration and Center on Aging, University of Maryland, School of Public Health, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA. lasr@umd.edu
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Simon-Rusinowitz
authors.forename: Genevieve Martínez
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Michele Debarthe
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sadler
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tilly
authors.forename: Lori N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: Dawn M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Loughlin
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mahoney
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D003153:Community Health Services; D005195:Family Relations; D006291:Health Policy; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000639:trends; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011157:Population Dynamics; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce