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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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.
Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living
February 25, 2013 | Program Result
Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living is a national program to develop affordable models of assisted living, with a focus on smaller and rural communities and low-income seniors.
Long-Term-Care Housing and Supportive Services
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
Thomas's RWJF audience included program officer David C. Colby, Ph.D., a member of what was then the foundation's Supportive Services Team. The team's portfolio included long-term care, and Colby was on the lookout for promising new approaches that ...
Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
Thomas's RWJF audience included program officer David C. Colby, Ph.D., a member of what was then the foundation's Supportive Services Team. The team's portfolio included long-term care, and Colby was on the lookout for promising new approaches that ...
Hawaiian Self-Determination for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Pilot Project Helps People in Remote Areas
January 31, 2004 | Program Result
The Developmental Disabilities Division of the Hawaii Department of Health implemented a project to support change in long-term care service delivery system for people with disabilities, from one that is provider-driven to one that is consumer-directed.
Loans, Tax Credits, Grants, Finance Coming Home Assisted-Living Project in Arkansas
August 1, 2004 | Program Result
Starting in early 2001, Arkansas developed a model of affordable assisted living - The Gardens at Osage Terrace - a 45-unit facility in Bentonville, Ark.
Coming Home: Vermont Project Develops First Affordable Assisted-Living Facility
August 13, 2004 | Program Result
Vermont developed a model of affordable assisted living - Cathedral Square Senior Living in Burlington, Vt. - that has 80 units of independent living and 28 units of assisted living.
Support by State Gives Momentum to Florida Coming Home Assisted-Living Project
August 13, 2004 | Program Result
Florida developed a model of affordable assisted living - Helen Piloneo Assisted Living - a 110-unit, 100 percent affordable assisted-living project in Pinellas Park.
Regional Workshops Supported Washington Coming Home Assisted-Living Projects - Lead to Development of Model Project
August 13, 2004 | Program Result
Starting in 2001, staff at Washington's Coming Home project provided free workshops in six regions of the state for agencies that finance assisted living, developers and housing sponsors.
Rural Communities Gather to Aid Frail Elderly
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
Ebenezer Social Ministries and the University of Minnesota's Minnesota Area Geriatric Education Center worked to identify feasible, innovative strategies for providing effective long-term care of the frail elderly.