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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Program Results Topic Summary: Expanding Choice for Consumers of Long-Term Care
October 13, 2009 | Program Result
A movement has been growing since the early 1970s to enable patients to take control of their own care decisions.
Program Results Topic Summary: Long-Term-Care Housing and Supportive Services
October 12, 2009 | Program Result
This Topic Summary synthesizes work supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and described in Grant Results that is related to housing and supportive services for chronically ill and disabled elderly and adults.
Program Results Topic Summary: Formal Long-Term Care
October 12, 2009 | Program Result
A significant portion of elderly and disabled Americans receive some type of formal long-term care. More than 1.7 million Americans lived in nursing homes in 2000 and more than 1.3 million Americans received some sort of home health care.
Analytical Models Project the Utilization and Costs of Long-Term Care
July 1, 1998 | Program Result
The Long-Term Care Data Institute reviewed analytical models then in use for projecting the utilization and costs of different long-term care scenarios, and then used the information gleaned from its analysis to rework its own model.
State Solutions: An Initiative to Improve Enrollment in Medicare Savings Programs
National Program
Program to maximize enrollment in Medicaid, Qualified Medicare Beneficiary, Selected Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary, and Qualified Individual programs.
Sizing Up the Market for Assisted Living
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Assisted living has emerged as an important housing and long-term care option for older Americans. In this study the authors used primary data that they collected on county-level assisted living supply to gain a fuller understanding of this sector nationally.
Program Results Topic Summary: Financing Long-Term Care
October 13, 2009 | Program Result
Few Americans have long-term-care insurance. They face paying for long-term care out-of-pocket - the largest financial risk that most Americans face without the protection of an insurance policy to spread the potential burden of this uncertain need.
Long-Term-Care Insurance
October 13, 2009 | Program Result
Most people with long-term-care needs have limited insurance coverage for long-term-care services.
Pioneering Care Management Solutions for Tennessee's Medicaid Program
April 1, 2012 | Story
This profile details Tennessee’s innovative health care transformation process and the critical role of the state’s Medicaid director Darin Gordon in the statewide restructuring.
State Solutions: An Initiative to Improve Enrollment in Medicare Savings Programs
October 15, 2009 | Program Result
State Solutions was designed to increase enrollment in Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs).