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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Can Culture Change Offer Viable Solutions to Meet Increased Demands for Long-Term Care?
August 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The “culture change” movement is transforming long-term care by promoting more home-like facilities and providing more options for consumers to receive care how and where they want it, in their communities.
Scaling Visionary Solutions to Improve the Health of Vulnerable Populations
October 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The Green House Project, a breakthrough solution to caring for aging Americans, illustrates what it takes to take an idea mainstream.
Community Partnerships for Older Adults
December 8, 2011 | Program Result Report
Community Partnerships for Older Adults (CPFOA) aimed to improve long-term care and supportive systems for vulnerable older adults by fostering collaborative partnerships and building community capacity.
Community Partnerships for Older Adults
October 29, 2009 | Report
Webcast: Ed Howard moderates a discussion about the issues facing older adults and how community partnerships are working to identify, prioritize, and implement workable solutions to long term care problems.
Getting Ready for the Coming "Silver Tsunami" in Maui, Hawaii
December 7, 2011 | Story
Rita Barreras led a community partnership in Maui, Hawaii, to create an infrastructure that allowed older adults to "age in the community" by increasing the caregiver workforce and changing rules to expand long-term-care options.
Looking at the Coming Changes in Long-Term Care Needs, Costs and Financing Options
July 28, 2009 | Program Result Report
From 2001 to 2007, researchers at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute produced and commissioned a range of studies on long-term-care needs, costs and financing options.
Beyond Managed Long-Term Care
May 1, 2001 | Journal Article
Evaluations of home care for chronically ill elderly people have shown disappointitng results for many years.
Minnesota's Senior Health Options Integrates Long-Term and Acute Care
January 14, 2009 | Program Result Report
Minnesota's Department of Human Services planned, developed and implemented Minnesota Senior Health Options, a managed care program that blends funds from the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Continuing Care Networks Succeed with Multidiscipline Team Approach
June 8, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Community Coalition for Long Term Care - a coalition of Monroe (N.Y.) county agencies, BlueCross/BlueShield, local health care providers and advocacy organizations - conducted a demonstration project to develop and implement Continuing Care Networks.
Fellowship Program Supported State Policy-Makers to Reform Long-Term Care - from 1997 to 2005
August 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
From 1997 to 2005, the University of Minnesota provided fellowships in long-term care to 36 mid- and senior-level officials from Medicaid and other health and aging services agencies from 28 states.