LeadingAge Statement on the Harris-Walz Medicare Home Care proposal

PRESS RELEASE | October 08, 2024

LeadingAge Statement on the Harris-Walz Medicare Home Care proposal

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Contact: Lisa Sanders

lsanders@leadingage.org 202-508-9407

Tuesday October 8 2024 Washington, DC — Statement from Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO, LeadingAge, the association of nonprofit providers of aging services, on the Medicare Home Care proposal announced today:

“Our country’s population is aging – and demand need for long-term care and services is growing. Nonprofit providers of aging services have long warned that our current patchwork approach to long-term care delivery and financing is broken. Too many people struggle to access the help that’s needed as we age. Today’s announcement is truly exciting, and unique. Rarely do we see a proposal with this level of specificity included in a Presidential platform. Adding home care to the Medicare program, a much-needed component of a broader long-term care financing reform effort, will offer millions of older adults and families access to services that promote quality of life and safety as people age at home. At the same time, we cannot overstate that without staff, there is no care. Continued attention and investment in the workforce, as noted in the proposal, remains essential.”

About LeadingAge:

We represent more than 5,400 nonprofit aging services providers and other mission-driven organizations serving older adults that touch millions of lives every day. Alongside our members and 36 partners in 41 states, we use advocacy, education, applied research, and community-building to make America a better place to grow old. Our membership encompasses the entire continuum of aging services, including skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care, affordable housing, retirement communities, adult day programs, community-based services, hospice, and home-based care. We bring together the most inventive minds in the field to lead and innovate solutions that support older adults wherever they call home. For more information visit leadingage.org