New Online Help for Caregivers

Caregivers now have a new resource, the Ask Medicare website, launched by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

The site (www.medicare.gov/caregivers) includes information on navigating through Medicare, health care services, links to partner organizations that assist caregivers, and personal caregiver anecdotes.

Kerry Weems, CMS acting administrator, says the new site provides a valuable one-stop resource for caregivers, which will help them to better assist Medicare beneficiaries.

The care that more than 44 million Americans provide for their family members, friends or neighbors is valued at $350 billion annually, according to a recent AARP report.