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.
Long-term Care
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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.
Better Jobs Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce
April 27, 2011 | Program Result
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.
It's All in the Family: How Baby Boomers Will Meet Their Long-Term Care Needs
October 6, 2009 | Program Result
From 2003 to 2007, Richard Johnson, PhD, and researchers from the Urban Institute and RTI International examined the impact of the changing structure of families on long-term care.
Looking at the Coming Changes in Long-Term Care Needs, Costs and Financing Options
July 28, 2009 | Program Result
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.
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.