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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Vermont: Empowering Direct-Care Workers Through Education
April 25, 2011 | Program Result
"We made sure we developed both centralized and individualized curricula that addressed the needs expressed by each participating site" in the Vermont Better Jobs, Better Care project, said the project director.
More Than a Place to Live
March 1, 2006 | Program Result
By building in services that address the root causes of chronic homelessness, the Corporation for Supportive Housing is building a solution that is working across America.
Assessment Tool Helps Coordinators of NYC Community-Based Managed Care Services
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
Researchers from the United Hospital Fund of New York and its Chronic Care Quality Consortium developed and tested new tools to manage clinical information about older adults and disabled people in New York City.
Project Studies Ways to Help Seniors Age in Place
July 1, 2002 | Program Result
A consortium of four nonprofit provider organizations worked to design a community-based program at low-income housing sites in Baltimore that would provide medical and social services to elderly residents who were not yet frail.