Long-term care

“Fully fund elder care across New Jersey and support our caregivers, because New Jersey seniors deserve respect and dignity without breaking the bank.”

“That’s why, in Congress, I will fight to help families care for their loved ones, and to lower the cost of child care and long-term care for aging and disabled Americans.”

“That means expanding access to affordable childcare and eldercare, raising wages for caregivers, and helping families pay for care without going broke.”

“Lower the cost-burden of long-term care facilities and predatory beneficiaries.”

“Increase access to long-term care facilities in rural communities and provide tax incentives so Seniors can stay in the communities where their families live and that they’ve called home for decades.”

“Support caregivers and aging women who need stable, affordable care”

“Expand funding for long-term care options, including community-based and in-home care.”

“I also want to lower the cost of long-term care for aging and disabled Americans.”

“Expand access to gender-affirming care, addiction treatment, and long-term care”

“Affordable child care, elder care, and national paid family and medical leave for all families.”

“Long-term care: We should ensure that every person can age with dignity by making in-home and community-based care more affordable for aging Iowans, disabled Iowans, or Iowa children with special health care needs.”

“Universal Child + Eldercare”

“SUPPORT is a Human right”

“I’ll support robust Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security so the folks most at risk in our communities have the support they need. Let’s have robust Medicare services that allow folks to age with dignity — including services such as home and community based care, and dental and vision are covered for Medicare patients.”

“Expand Medicare to cover home health costs for family caregivers”

“Increase access to long-term care facilities in rural communities and provide tax incentives so Seniors can stay in the communities where their families live and that they’ve called home for decades.”

“Expand funding for long-term care options, including community-based and in-home care.”

“Increasing home healthcare budgets”

“Cuidado justo para nuestros adultos mayores Después de toda una vida de trabajo y contribución, nuestros adultos mayores merecen envejecer con dignidad, seguridad y cuidado. Lucharé por proteger y expandir los beneficios de Medicare y el Seguro Social. Presionaré para invertir en cuidado domiciliario y comunitario para que los adultos mayores puedan envejecer en su hogar con dignidad y aseguraré que los trabajadores de cuidado de adultos mayores reciban salarios dignos.”

In Spanish on their site.

“Long-term care: We should ensure that every person can age with dignity by making in-home and community-based care more affordable for aging Iowans, disabled Iowans, or Iowa children with special health care needs.”

“I will support a National Family Care Agenda that supports families at every stage of their lives together, including Paid Family Leave, expanded Pre-K, a re-evaluation of how we manage senior care, plus defending and expanding home health care options”

“As a former leader within SEIU Healthcare Michigan, I know our families cannot afford anything less than Medicare for All, which would ensure everyone in this country has healthcare — no matter their employment status, zip code, race, gender, sexuality, or disability. Medicare for All would include coverage for dental, vision, mental health, reproductive health and abortion care. It would also include community-based long term support services, ensuring hundreds of thousands of disabled people are able to finally get the home care they need.”

“Cut the home care waiting lists. Let seniors age at home instead of waiting years for help or being pushed into a nursing home.”

“I’ll support robust Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security so the folks most at risk in our communities have the support they need. Let’s have robust Medicare services that allow folks to age with dignity — including services such as home and community based care, and dental and vision are covered for Medicare patients.”

“Expand Medicare to cover home health costs for family caregivers”

“Darializa will fight for Medicare for All: a free, universal system that covers primary and mental health care, dental, vision, hearing, reproductive care, long-term care, and lower prescription costs.”

“Long-term care for our seniors and people with disabilities”

“Expand Medicare to cover vision, hearing, dental, and long-term care for seniors.”

“As a former leader within SEIU Healthcare Michigan, I know our families cannot afford anything less than Medicare for All, which would ensure everyone in this country has healthcare — no matter their employment status, zip code, race, gender, sexuality, or disability. Medicare for All would include coverage for dental, vision, mental health, reproductive health and abortion care. It would also include community-based long term support services, ensuring hundreds of thousands of disabled people are able to finally get the home care they need.”

“Fully fund elder care across New Jersey and support our caregivers, because New Jersey seniors deserve respect and dignity without breaking the bank.”

“Expand Medicare to cover home health costs for family caregivers”

“That’s why, in Congress, I will fight to help families care for their loved ones, and to lower the cost of child care and long-term care for aging and disabled Americans.”

“I have worked to defend benefits, lower healthcare costs, and support caregivers and older women living alone.”

“Support caregivers and aging women who need stable, affordable care”

“Supporting life means fighting for universal healthcare, affordable childcare, paid family leave, and support for those who care for an aging parent or a disabled loved one.”

“Support families caring for aging parents. A caregiver tax credit, help with assisted living, and a home care workforce that exists.”

“Let families use pre-tax accounts for a parent's care. Your HSA should cover your mom, not just your kids.”

“We need to treat care as essential and worthy of fair pay, especially as so many more Americans live longer into old age.”

“That means expanding access to affordable childcare and eldercare, raising wages for caregivers, and helping families pay for care without going broke.”

“Cuidado justo para nuestros adultos mayores Después de toda una vida de trabajo y contribución, nuestros adultos mayores merecen envejecer con dignidad, seguridad y cuidado. Lucharé por proteger y expandir los beneficios de Medicare y el Seguro Social. Presionaré para invertir en cuidado domiciliario y comunitario para que los adultos mayores puedan envejecer en su hogar con dignidad y aseguraré que los trabajadores de cuidado de adultos mayores reciban salarios dignos.”

In Spanish on their site.

“Support families caring for aging parents. A caregiver tax credit, help with assisted living, and a home care workforce that exists.”

“Paige worked with the Pennsylvania Auditor General, uncovering corruption in both parties and working to make nursing homes safer.”

“Introduced and passed legislation that became law stating that a nursing facility may require a resident residing in an Alzheimer’s disease unit with a history of wandering to wear an identification wristlet (Public Act 100-0293)”

“I also consistently supported the efforts to reform elder care across the state to keep seniors safe.”

“Immediately reverse the Medicaid cuts that will kick more than 100,000 Iowans off their health care and close rural hospitals and nursing homes”

“Reversing the Medicaid cuts that will devastate Iowa families, nursing homes, and rural hospitals.”

“Protect Medicaid’s role in supporting seniors’ care”

“Expand nondiscriminatory access to medical care, visitation, and care homes for HIV/AIDS positive patients.”

“SB 219 (Author: Wiener): LGBTQ Senior Bill of Rights in long-term care facilities. SB 219 protects LGBTQ seniors living in long-term care facilities. Our seniors face significant discrimination in long-term care. Some are forced back into the closet, some are separated from their partners, and some trans seniors are forced to conform to their birth-assigned gender. LGBTQ seniors are less likely than other seniors to have adult children to advocate for them, and they need legal protection. SB 219 seeks to end this discrimination by mandating specific standards for how these facilities treat LGBTQ seniors.”

“In the Senate, Scott has fought to erase discriminatory laws that harmed LGBTQ people, including LGBTQ youth, transgender women, and people living with HIV. He authored nation-leading laws to make PrEP available from a pharmacist without a physician prescription (similar to the birth control pill), establish the nation’s strongest legal protections for LGBTQ seniors in nursing homes and other long-term care, collect voluntary health data to fight health disparities in the LGBTQ community, repeal discriminatory felonies targeting people living with HIV, and end discrimination against LGBTQ people on California’s broken sex offender registry.”

“Increase access to long-term care facilities in rural communities and provide tax incentives so Seniors can stay in the communities where their families live and that they’ve called home for decades.”