WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO: Advocacy groups hope to revive bill requiring hospitals to better communicate with family caregivers
Organizations advocating for older adults and people with disabilities are hoping to build new support for a bill that would require Wisconsin hospitals to communicate with a patient's family caregivers. The CARE Act It would require hospitals to allow patients to identify a caregiver when they're admitted to the hospital. Hospitals would be required to communicate with the designated caregiver before the patient is discharged or transferred to another facility and to provide instruction to caregivers on any medical tasks the patient may need help with when returning home.
