Growth in the United States' elderly population highlights the importance of long-term care. As elderly Americans live longer, the health care system will face increasing economic and workforce stresses. How will these people be cared for? And who will finance it?

• Service Delivery
• Financing
• End-of-Life Care

Publications

Affordable Clustered Housing-Care: A Viable Alternative for Long-Term Care in a Residential Setting? June 2007 In a paper commissioned by the Commonwealth Fund, Stephen Golant, Ph.D., explores one approach to the pressing policy challenge of merging the worlds of housing and long-term care.

Long-Term Care: Informed by Research June 2003

Long-Term Care: Confronting Today’s Challenges June 2003

Long-Term Care: Collaborating for Solutions June 2003

HSR Impact-Aging

Colloquium

"Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term Care"
In conjunction with The Commonwealth Fund, AcademyHealth launched a new multi-year strategic initiative to provide an opportunity for long-term care (LTC) stakeholders to exchange information, debate the issues, seek solutions, and identify where additional research is needed.

Annual Research Meeting Resources

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2004 Presentations by Session

• Long-Term Care Community Services & Market Factors

HCFO-Sponsored Research Projects

Long-Term Care Options Planning Project

Meeting the Future Long-Term Care Needs of the Baby Boomers: How the Changing Structure of Families Will Affect Paid Helpers and Institutions

CCRCs: An Efficient Alternative for Long-Term Care Provision and Financing?

See additional research projects funded under the Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) initiative