The shifts that affect families caring for a parent, spouse, adult child, or sibling.
A weekly digest and a monthly essay on the policy, research, and industry developments. Written for the family member holding it all together, the relative trying to help from a distance, and the clinician who didn't get the full picture.
Weekly digestJune 1, 20263 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — June 1, 2026
The Medicare home care framework gets a second look, CMS payment suspensions are catching legitimate hospices in the crossfire, CareFor adds hospice to its home care model, and reimbursement pressure is quietly reshaping which home care providers survive.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Long-formJune 1, 20267 min read
The translation tax: how language quietly decides who gets to participate in a parent's care
In millions of American families, the person providing the care and the person needing the care don't share a first language. The cost shows up in places nobody counts.
Kintaria Team
Long-formJune 1, 20266 min read
If you're a caregiver on Medicaid, here's what the June 1 CMS rule actually means for you
About 8 million unpaid family caregivers are on Medicaid. The new federal rule defines how the family-caregiver exemption from the community-engagement requirement gets verified. Plain-English explainer of who qualifies, what to file, and what changes nothing.
Kintaria Team
Weekly digestMay 29, 20263 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — May 29, 2026
Democratic senators propose adding home care to Medicare; the DOL rolls back overtime protections for home care workers; Warburg Pincus bets big on Cornerstone Caregiving; and a new community-based palliative care model moves toward federal consideration.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Long-formMay 28, 202611 min read
Can you legally record your parent's doctor's appointment? A state-by-state guide for family caregivers
Thirty-seven states (plus DC) let one person in a conversation record it. Thirteen require everyone to consent. Here's what that actually means inside an exam room — and how to ask the question without making it awkward.
Kintaria Team
Long-formMay 28, 202610 min read
Protecting an aging parent from scams: a practical guide for the family doing the worrying
Older Americans reported losing $2.4 billion to fraud in 2024, and the FTC's high-end estimate is closer to $81.5 billion. Here's how the six biggest scams targeting older adults actually work — and what a family can do this week to make a parent harder to reach.
Kintaria Team
Weekly digestMay 25, 20263 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — May 25, 2026
AARP's $1 trillion figure keeps reshaping the conversation, the CMS Medicaid rule lands soon, and Papa's new clinical model points to where caregiving dollars are flowing.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Weekly digestMay 18, 20263 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — May 18, 2026
CMS issues new state guidance on community engagement, the home-care M&A picture sharpens, and Trualta's caregiver training study gets a second look.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Weekly digestMay 11, 20263 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — May 11, 2026
POP Care launches into a crowded family-coordination category, the senior-housing M&A pace gets clearer, and Caring Village publishes its 2026 caregiver app review.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Weekly digestMay 4, 20263 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — May 4, 2026
Rosarium Health's seed round closes, a new round of state-level caregiver legislation reaches floor votes, and the CMS rule is five weeks out.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Long-formMay 1, 20268 min read
The state-by-state caregiver: how American caregiving became a map, not a system
There is no single American answer to who supports family caregivers. There are fifty answers, and the answer you get depends on where you live.
Kintaria Team
Weekly digestApril 27, 20263 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — April 27, 2026
Healthcare private equity tilts toward home and aging services, a state tax credit becomes law, and the consent-for-AI-recording question reaches family medicine.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Weekly digestApril 20, 20263 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — April 20, 2026
AARP's long-term care affordability report lands, state tax credit bills cross thresholds in three legislatures, and ianacare publishes its remote-caregiving framework.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Weekly digestApril 13, 20263 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — April 13, 2026
Home health publications model the post-CMS-rate-cut industry, the Credit for Caring Act reintroduction surfaces, and state legislatures keep moving.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Weekly digestApril 6, 20263 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — April 6, 2026
Maven and Wellthy partner on a unified family-care platform for employers, the CMS interim rule heads to OMB, and the post-trillion analysis matures.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Long-formApril 1, 20268 min read
What a trillion dollars doesn't buy
AARP put a price on family caregiving last week. The figure is important, but it doesn't change what a Tuesday looks like for the family member holding it together.
Kintaria Team
Weekly digestMarch 30, 20263 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — March 30, 2026
Connecticut advances a $2,000 caregiver tax credit, the trillion-dollar conversation reaches the financial press, and CMS submits its interim rule to OMB.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Weekly digestMarch 23, 20263 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — March 23, 2026
The trillion-dollar number lands. AARP's Valuing the Invaluable 2026 puts a price on what 59 million Americans give away each year — and Vermont moves on a state caregiver credit.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Weekly digestMarch 16, 20262 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — March 16, 2026
A quieter news week. State tax credit bills move through committee, the OBBBA implementation timeline holds, and the trillion-dollar number is ten days out.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Weekly digestMarch 9, 20263 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — March 9, 2026
Senior housing keeps consolidating, the Urban Institute models OBBBA's coverage impact, and the AARP update lands in three weeks.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Weekly digestMarch 2, 20263 min read
What changed for caregivers this week — March 2, 2026
Papa pivots toward clinical outcomes, the OBBBA implementation conversation heats up, and the Fitbit co-founders enter the family-care space.
The Kintaria Editorial Team
Long-formMarch 1, 20267 min read
Before the trillion-dollar number: who 63 million American caregivers actually are
The Caregiving in the US 2025 report just put a face on the people about to be re-counted by an even bigger headline this month. It's worth pausing on who they are.
Kintaria Team