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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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.
Better Jobs Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce
April 27, 2011 | Program Result Report
Better Jobs Better Care supported changes in long-term-care policy and provider practices to reduce high vacancy and turnover rates among the paraprofessionals who provide direct care to older adults and to improve the quality of that care.
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.
Program Results Topic Summary: Long-Term-Care Housing and Supportive Services
October 12, 2009 | Program Result Report
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.
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.
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.
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.
Advance Planning Helps Consumers Make Better Decisions about Long-Term Care
November 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The Setting Priorities for Retirement Years Foundation examined how people make decisions about long-term care, the availability of information about long-term care, and the barriers faced in making informed decisions.
Analytical Models Project the Utilization and Costs of Long-Term Care
July 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
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.
PACE Summit Develops Action Plan to Serve Rural Elderly
March 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The National PACE Association, along with the National Rural Health Association, convened the Rural PACE Summit. PACE (Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) is a service delivery model that integrates medical and social services.