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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Transitions Between Frailty States Among Community-Living Older Persons
February 27, 2006 | Journal Article
The experience of frailty for persons aged 70 or older was examined in the current study. The 754 study participants were part of the Precipitating Events Project that followed older persons over a period of 54 months. Frailty was defined as the pre ...
Improving the Quality of Long Term Care
September 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Publicly reporting information stimulates providers' efforts to improve the quality of health care. The availability of mandated, uniform clinical data in all nursing homes and home health agencies has facilitated the public reporting of comparative ...
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.
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.
Long-Term-Care Policy Reform
October 13, 2009 | Program Result
In 2003, the National Academy of Social Insurance convened a study panel on the future of the long-term care system.
Program Results Topics Summary: Informal Long-Term Care
October 12, 2009 | Program Result
The dominance of informal care keeps the expenditures on long-term care much lower than they would be if our culture and traditions did not emphasize the importance of care by family and friends.
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.
Quality Improvement Research
October 12, 2009 | Program Result
In 1986, the IOM (the health policy arm of the National Academy of Sciences) issued its report, Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes.
Minnesota's Senior Health Options Integrates Long-Term and Acute Care
January 14, 2009 | Program Result
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.