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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Continuing Care Networks Succeed with Multidiscipline Team Approach
June 8, 2006 | Program Result Report
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 Report
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 Report
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.
2003 Study Panel Offers Ideas for Ensuring the Future of Long-Term Care for Baby Boomers
October 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The National Academy of Social Insurance convened a study panel on the future of the long-term-care system to focus on two issues.
Experts Set Research and Demonstration Agenda to Enhance Long-Term Care Workforce
September 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
Project staff at the Urban Institute worked with experts in the field to develop recommendations for a research and demonstration agenda to improve the recruitment and retention of frontline long-term care workers.
Conference Explores Role of Research in Strengthening Long-Term Care
July 28, 2004 | Program Result Report
AcademyHealth, a Washington-based center for health care services research, convened "Building the Field of Long-Term Care" on June 17, 2002, in Chantilly, Va. A planning committee contributed to the design and evaluation of the conference.
The IOM Evaluates the Quality of Long-Term Care
March 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The National Academy of Sciences - Institute of Medicine examined the quality of care for individuals in nursing homes and other long-term care settings and published a book, Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care.
Panel Recommends Solutions to a Demographic Riddle: Who Will Care for Graying Population
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
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 Report
Baker Industries explored the feasibility of an intergenerational assisted living community for disabled adults, their elderly caregiving parents and other retired adults.
Study Finds Reverse Mortgages Benefit Older Homeowners - and Saves Medicaid Money, too
September 5, 2008 | Program Result Report
"Use Your Home to Stay at Home: Expanding the Use of Reverse Mortgages for Long-Term Care: A Blueprint for Action" contains estimates of the number of seniors who could benefit from reverse mortgages and the potential savings for the Medicaid.