Americans are living longer, yet more people can expect to have some sort of disability in their later years of life. Innovative approaches to long-term care, such as re-imagining nursing home care, may improve quality and provide more choices.
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Cash & Counseling
National Program
Cash & Counseling is a voluntary and market-based and solution that helps our elderly population plan and budget the services they want and require.
Smoothing the Transition From Hospital to Community for Older Adults in Jacksonville, Fla.
December 7, 2011 | Story
Mark LeMaire led a community partnership in Jacksonville, Fla., that placed elder care advocates in area hospitals to help discharged patients transition back to the community. The hospitals have since incorporated the program into their operations.
Medicare/Medicaid Integration Program
October 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Medicare/Medicaid Integration Program helped states integrate - or move toward integration of - acute care and long-term care for dual eliglbles who are enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid managed care.
National Study Looks at Seniors in Assisted Living
March 30, 2004 | Program Result Report
From 1998 to 2002, researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health led by Rosalie A. Kane, D.S.W., conducted a national research study of apartment-style assisted living for seniors.
Support by State Gives Momentum to Florida Coming Home Assisted-Living Project
August 13, 2004 | Program Result Report
Florida developed a model of affordable assisted living - Helen Piloneo Assisted Living - a 110-unit, 100 percent affordable assisted-living project in Pinellas Park.
First Ever Managed Care Payment Rate for People with Disabilities
April 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Chronic Illness and Disability Medicaid Working Group at Boston University School of Public Health developed and implemented pilot projects designed to help states develop cost-effective managed care models for chronically ill people with disabilities.
"Five Wishes"
December 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The Florida Commission on Aging with Dignity, a privately funded nonprofit in Tallahassee, Fla., held a series of five community forums in Florida in 1996 and 1997 on a variety of aging and end-of-life issues.
Aging with Dignity
January 1, 1997 | Toolkit
Learn more about advance directives and how to express care preferences at the end of life.