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
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.
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
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
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
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.
Two National Agencies Provide Information and Support to Help Consumers Choose and Control Long-Term-Care Services
October 1, 2006 | Program Result
To remain in their homes, older adults may need help with daily activities. Consumer direction means giving people more choices and more control over the type of care they receive and the caregivers who provide it.
Panel Recommends Solutions to a Demographic Riddle: Who Will Care for Graying Population
October 1, 2003 | Program Result
The University of Illinois at Chicago Nursing Institute convened a blue-ribbon panel for a series of meetings, held between September 2000 and February 2001 in Chicago, on the Future of the Health Care Labor Force in a Graying Society.
Long-Term Intergenerational Residential Community for Disabled and Elderly Persons is Proposed
September 1, 2000 | Program Result
Baker Industries explored the feasibility of an intergenerational assisted living community for disabled adults, their elderly caregiving parents and other retired adults.
PACE Summit Develops Action Plan to Serve Rural Elderly
March 1, 2007 | Program Result
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.