Open AccessCaring for Family Caregivers: Perceptions of CARE Act Compliance and Implementation
Author(s) -
Juleen Rodakowski,
Cassandra Leighton,
Grant R. Martsolf,
A. Everette James
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
quality management in health care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.401
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1550-5154
pISSN - 1063-8628
DOI - 10.1097/qmh.0000000000000278
Subject(s) - operationalization , legislation , licensure , compliance (psychology) , nursing , descriptive statistics , family caregivers , inclusion (mineral) , medicine , family medicine , psychology , political science , social psychology , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , epistemology , law
The Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act encourages inclusion of family caregivers in the hospitalization process for patients. Translating the state laws into meaningful changes within the health care delivery system can be challenging and requires time. This study sought to examine early compliance with and implementation of the CARE Act reported by hospitals in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.