The little-known Medicare program that could help about 63 million caregivers | CNN
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Millions of Americans care for infirm loved ones with no training. A Medicare benefit and state programs could help, but most caregivers have never heard of them.
Many caregivers feel like they are left to their own devices in looking after ailing loved ones.
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For years, Alice Thomas was the sole caregiver for her father as his dementia and mobility declined.
She enrolled in California’s In-Home Supportive Services program in 2024, hoping it would connect her to real instruction about how to care for her father. The caseworker who signed her up told her what the job was and what it paid. But Thomas said there was no walk-through of how to do it.
