Hidden in Plain Sight: California’s Paid Medi-Cal Caregivers Are Vulnerable.
(2012, April). Hidden in Plain Sight: California’s Paid Medi-Cal Caregivers Are Vulnerable. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Abstract
The demand for caregivers is growing rapidly as California's population ages, but the majority of the state's Medi-Cal caregivers earn poverty or near-poverty wages and have poor access to health care and food, a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has found.
The study is based on the 2009 California Health Interview Survey, which is administered by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and is the nation's largest state health survey.
An estimated 6 million caregivers in California provide much-needed services for a family member, friend or other individual with a long-term illness or disability. Of these caregivers, about 450,000 are paid for the services they provide, and two-thirds of them - approximately 290,000 - are paid Medi-Cal caregivers (abstract from: http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/NewsReleaseDetails.aspx?id=105).
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