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September 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Urban Institute studied how low-income, older adults in Connecticut who are disabled were managing their long-term care needs.
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.
October 1, 2006 | Program Result
The National Academy of Social Insurance convened a study panel on the future of the long-term-care system to focus on two issues.
January 1, 1997 | Book
This Anthology chapter presents findings from the Foundation's attempt to learn more about chronically ill people and the service arrangements for them. The study focuses on a single community, Springfield, Mass.
December 1, 1997 | Program Result
From 1991 to 1994, researchers from Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research examined factors affecting the quality of health care in board and care homes.
December 1, 1997 | Program Result
United Seniors Health Cooperative established the Cooperative Care Network (CCN), a computerized service credit bank in the greater Washington area, to increase the availability of services for the elderly and the disabled living in their homes.
May 1, 1997 | Program Result
The Corporation for Supportive Housing developed a plan for a nationally replicable model that would offer viable, long-term financing of services linked to permanent housing.
April 29, 2003 | Story
These centers, located in many communities across the country, provide health, social, and support services for adults with impaired physical, mental, and/or social abilities.
February 22, 2005 | Story
Universities examined characteristics of the nation's 17,000 nursing homes to determine why the quality of some nursing homes is so much worse than that of others.
January 25, 2007 | Story
This energetic, unconventional Harvard-trained physician has come up with a long list of ideas for reforming elderly care - all aimed at not just enriching the lives of seniors but also allowing seniors to enrich the lives of their juniors.