Long-Term Care

Study: Mandatory Long-Term Care Insurance Program Would Save US $49B
   Implementation of a mandatory long-term services and supports (LTSS) program for working Americans reduces federal and state Medicaid spending by just over $49 billion during the first 15 years of such a program, compared to $5.6 billion for a comparable voluntary program.
4/2/13 2:13 PM  read complete story

Better Supports, Services Needed for Family, Informal Caregivers
   An analysis of Owings Mills, MD-based Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation's "Family and Informal Caregivers Initiative" shows that well-planned supports and services can sharply reduce caregiver stress while saving millions of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses for the care recipient/family and/or government reimbursements.
3/20/13 06:31 AM  read complete story

U.S. Long-Term Care Costs Continue Climbing
   This new survey finds the five-year trend in annual cost for a private room in a nursing home increased an average of 4% per year. The cost for a semi-private room increased nearly as much at 3.8%.
11/8/12 12:55 PM  read complete story

Long-Term Residential Care for Seniors Becoming Less Affordable
   In 2009, the median income for an individual age 65 or older was $19,167, but private pay residents age 65 and older in residential care facilities paid an average of $3,454 per month or $41,453 a year.
10/3/12 2:46 PM  read complete story

Greenlee Urges Closer Ties between Health Centers and ADRCs
   Hospitals, clinics and other healthcare service providers play a key role in providing disability services, says Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for Aging and head of the Administration for Community Living. And because that role is so important, these providers should be working closely with Aging Disability Resource Centers.
9/13/12 4:58 PM  read complete story

CDC's Latest Report Examines Residential Care Facilities
   The majority of residents living in residential care facilities in 2010 were non-Hispanic white and female. More than one-half of all residents were aged 85 and over, finds the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). In its report, titled "Residents Living in Residential Care Facil...
4/17/12 1:56 PM  read complete story

GAO: Gaps Persist in Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness
   While most of the nation's nursing homes meet federal requirements for written emergency plans and preparedness training, Government Accountability Office investigators identified many of the same gaps in nursing home preparedness and response that the agency found in its 2006 report.
4/16/12 12:18 PM  read complete story

Analysis: Coming Demographic Earthquake to Shake Healthcare Industry
   Future high-demand healthcare jobs created by the aging population will be everywhere. They include any skill aimed at healthy aging, which includes exercise, purposeful living, social engagement, physical well-being, spiritual, and psychological aspects of longevity rather than just treatments.
3/28/12 3:49 PM  read complete story

CDC Produces Nation's First Comprehensive Survey of Residential Care Facilities
   The survey is important in that heretofore the government's ability to provide a comprehensive picture of the long-term care industry has been hampered by the lack of data on RCFs.
12/29/11 3:25 PM  read complete story

(INNOVATION) Interactive Web-Based Tool Enables Better Long-Term Care Policies
   Avalere Health, in partnership with The SCAN Foundation, has created an innovative Web-based modeling tool that enables policymakers and the public to test the budgetary implications of a wide variety of federally run long-term care insurance programs.
12/1/11 3:51 PM  read complete story