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The Rosalynn Carter Institute Joins the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative’s National COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative

New York, NY – The Ad Council and COVID Collaborative today announced new PSAs as part of their COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative’s “It’s Up To You” campaign featuring former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and former First Ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton and Rosalynn Carter. The videos are designed to encourage all Americans to get answers

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Rosalynn Carter Institute Celebrates National Caregivers Day

AMERICUS, GEORGIA – The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers (RCI) will join caregivers, advocates, and policymakers on February 19 for National Caregivers Day to appreciate and celebrate the contributions of caregivers.   Founded by the Providers Association for Home Health & Hospice Agencies (PAHHHA) in 2015, National Caregivers Day was started as an opportunity to recognize and advocate for paid professional caregivers. As RCI continues to underscore the importance

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Rosalynn Carter Institute Advocates for Caregivers with President-Elect Transition Team and COVID-19 Task Force

The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI) today submitted recommendations to President-Elect Joe Biden’s transition team and his COVID-19 Task Force, encouraging the incoming administration to make the health and well-being of caregivers a public health priority, and in pandemic response, in particular. “President-elect Biden recognized the importance of caregivers during his campaign and now we are excited to see his commitment turn into

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Rosalynn Carter Institute and Wounded Warrior Project to Create Connections for Military Families

The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI) is proud to announce a powerful new partnership with Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) that will benefit caregivers in military families. Informed by nine years of experience coaching military caregivers through its Operation Family Caregiver (OFC) program, RCI’s partnership with WWP will apply lessons learned and develop a new

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From Crisis to Opportunity: The Rosalynn Carter Institute Identifies Public Health Approaches to Better Serve Caregiver Health & Well-Being

Action Plan Calls for Robust Strategy to Support 53 Million Americans AMERICUS, GEORGIA  – The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI) today released a detailed report calling for a comprehensive public health approach to caregiver health and well-being. Without robust strategies and systems to support America’s already vulnerable informal caregiver community, the health, strength, and resilience of unpaid family caregivers will remain

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Looking Back: Policy Changes Since ‘Averting the Caregiving Crisis’

Appendix for Recalibrating for Caregivers A decade ago, the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI) published Averting the Caregiving Crisis: Why We Must Act Now,1 an ambitious position paper that laid out a dozen recommendations to address what it called an “emerging caregiver crisis.” This paper made bold recommendations that called on leaders in all

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Rosalynn Carter Institute and Blue Star Families to Explore Caregiving in Military Families

AMERICUS, GEORGIA – The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI) is teaming up with Blue Star Families to promote and expand upon the 2020 Military Family Lifestyle Survey, an annual survey that analyzes the challenges and opportunities faced by military families. Prior to the survey going live, RCI worked with Blue Star Families to add new questions to better understand the experience of

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Rosalynn Carter Institute Teams Up with Duke University

The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI) has teamed up with researchers at Duke University to better understand the needs of unpaid caregivers across America. Over the course of two years, the partnership – which is funded by Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation – will yield recommendations on how to better prepare and support caregivers, and measure outcomes from RCI programs.

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