AARP Virginia hosts event for Older Americans Month, focusing on family caregivers and new CMS regulation for reimbursement of caregiver training and state-level initiatives.

AARP Virginia hosts an event for Older Americans Month, focusing on family caregivers. Virginia caregivers provided $14bn of unpaid care in 2021. The event addresses a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid regulation, calling for medical providers to be reimbursed for training family caregivers on specific tasks. State-level initiatives like a family caregiver tax credit and support for home modifications are also discussed.