PROCESS
Investigate a Focus Area

Long-Term Care

  1. What are the forms of long-term care?
  2. How do private and federal long-term care insurance programs work, and what percentage is purchased by the senior population?
  3. How is long-term care regulated and financed in the U.S.?
  4. Describe the hospice benefit and eligibility.
  5. How does a policy maker know if long-term care facilities are delivering quality-of-care?
  6. Who delivers care to the elderly, and what are the future projections for the long-term
    care workforce?
  7. What is OSCAR, why is it important in long-term care? Which entity has the
    focus of responsibility for data collection?
  8. What are the strengths, weaknesses, and unique characteristics of the U.S. long-term care system?

Useful Web Sites

Long-Term Care Overview:
http://www.efmoody.com/longterm/longtermoverview.html

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality:
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/futureltc/summary2.htm

DHHS: Administration on Aging
http://www.aoa.gov/

DHHS: Aging Index
http://www.hhs.gov/aging/index.shtml

Federal Interagency Forum on Age Related Statistics:
http://www.agingstats.gov/

National Center for Health Statistics: Aging
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/agingact.htm

U.S Census Bureau: Aging
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html

AARP:
http://www.aarp.org/

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