So, we’re able to, alongside the VA, make sure that veterans are cared for in a way that permits community
living indefinitely.
We work with the Depar tment of Justice on elder abuse prevention and the Depar tment of Labor
around employment, as well as the Depar tment of Housing and Urban Development, with some of the
housing issues, primarily low-income housing conversations, which are critical for older adults and
people with disabilities.
Gary Barg: Now, peering into your crystal ball, what is your best hope for a vision for future family caregivers?
Lance Robertson: What we’re hoping to do is
create a societal and cultural shift, so that people
stop looking at the role of a caregiver, whether for
an older adult or a person with a disability, as a
burden or as something that they must do. Rather,
to embrace that role and see it as an honor. How
do we make sure that at the federal, congressional,
state government and local community levels,
everyone begins to better understand the
importance of supporting caregivers?
In 20 years, when I look back, what I hope we’ll have
been able to achieve is a real recognition of the
value that caregivers play in our society. And that
we address it so boldly that, by default, community
living is king, and that we are doing all that we can
programmatically, financially and other ways, to
support caregivers.
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