Ben Veghte
@benveghte
WA Cares Fund Director | MIT Fellow | ASA Board Member | Care Guild Innovator | International Social Policy Scholar; Jules' dad; European historian by training
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http://wacaresfund.wa.gov 09-04-2009 03:22:23
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BRIEFING BREAKFAST Nov 26 on Sandwich Generation Caregivers -- Please join Caring Across Generations #CareCantWait & National Alliance for Caregiving at the National Press Club in DC from 8:30-11am for a discussion of our new national study ow.ly/qCe250x7Scn
Our research director Ben Veghte will be speaking, along with @EspinozaNotes, Lea Austin, Henry claypool, and Carroll Estes of UCSF School of Nursing. Check it out if you're in the area!
We tend to think of #healthcare in individual terms when we really should be thinking about care needs of families from early childcare to paid leave, to long term and disability care. Caring Across Generations #CareCantWait Ben Veghte make a strong case for investing in #universalfamilycare
As the debate highlighted, it's time to update our care infrastructure for the needs of today's families: prospect.org/health/america… #universalfamilycare Caring Across Generations #CareCantWait National Academy of Social Insurance Alexander/a Bradley @theprospect
The #DomesticWorkersBillofRights would make domestic work visible, safe, fair, and dignified. It also serves as a model of inclusion and equity for other sectors. Read more by Julie Kashen: tcf.org/content/report…
Honored to present today to the Minnesota Forum on #LTC financing, hosted by MN DHS. There is tremendous momentum here toward improving our care infrastructure -- both the will and many great ideas. Caring Across Generations #CareCantWait National Academy of Social Insurance
Thank you to @DanPollockMNDHS and his team for putting together a forum in St. Paul today where experts and stakeholders in the long-term care space can discuss opportunities for better addressing families' care needs Caring Across Generations #CareCantWait National Academy of Social Insurance
Thank you to Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn and the DFL caucus of the #MNleg for their interest in improving access to affordable #childcare, paid family and medical leave, and #LTC
Thank you, members of the Worker Advisory Group of Paid Leave for All for sharing your stories with the Ways and Means Democrats and insisting that any bill cover all of us. #IncludeMe bit.ly/2U2Inn2
Study by CRR Boston College assesses how the number of children a person has affects the demand for formal long-term care. Results suggest that the lower fertility of the Baby Boom generation may lead to greater demand for #LTSS #UniversalFamilyCare bit.ly/2NWxX4m
Home care workers are more important and vulnerable than ever during the COVID-19 crisis. Great piece by @Prof_CEW -- profcew.bsky.social @Marc Cohen & Robyn Stone on who they are and the risks they face: bit.ly/3buXtal Caring Across Generations #CareCantWait National Academy of Social Insurance Domestic Workers
I am proud to have joined a state gov that is leading the nation in care policy. Learn what #Washington is doing to support families through avant-garde #LongTermCare #paidleave and #ChildCare policy: bit.ly/3jrkkH7 WashingtonStateDSHS @ESDwaworks The American Prospect
Thank you to Ford Foundation for making such a strong investment in our care infrastructure. We need public policies that make it easier for family caregivers to support their loved ones without compromising their financial security. #CareCantWait
As states embark on the design of universal #longtermcare programs here, much can be learned from decades of experience with such programs abroad. Read my new policy brief based on original research in Germany and other countries: bit.ly/3vRQoL4 National Academy of Social Insurance
Washington State Retools First-in-the-Nation Long-Term Care Benefit khn.org/MTQ4MDE2Ng via Kaiser Health News
Intereseted in what #WACares is, how it works, why it was enacted, and why it is solvent -- check out this conversation between Austin Jenkins, myself and our State Actuary, Matthew Smith on Inside Olympia: tvw.org/watch/?clientI… #longtermcare American Society Aging