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AARP Endorses Bill to Provide Up to $5,000 Tax Credit for Family Caregivers News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AARP has endorsed the Credit for Caring Act, bipartisan legislation that would provide up to a $5,000 nonrefundable federal tax credit for eligible working family caregivers. The bill was introduced today in the Senate by Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Elizabeth Warren (D-M...

Other Voices: The Alzheimer’s emergency Jem Spectar © Provided by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette In a year dominated by the pandemic, other pressing health crises have moved to the back burner, where they continue to simmer with the threat of boiling over. Yet, 2020 also brought a 20% increase in deaths from Alzheimer’s disease — a sleeper public health emergency with ominous ramifications for our aging society. As the Biden administration embarks on its quest for grand legisla...

AARP wants lawmakers to help family caregivers in Wisconsin Family caregivers have come under increasing stress during the pandemic. Helen Marks Dicks with AARP Wisconsin estimates there are 600,000 family caregivers in Wisconsin – and the pandemic has caused an increase in family members needing to step in, for two reasons. “Number one, you can’t get the kind of help with people coming into the house. And number two, at some particular point if you get too overwhelmed, nursing home or as...