Long-Term Care

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 has far reaching implications for consumers, state Medicaid agencies, health care providers, and the public and private entities that provide benefits counseling and supports to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. This issue brief provides an overview of the measure, resources for more information, and suggested action steps for ADRC projects.

In many instances ADRC projects are faced with development of a new program. Any new program, in either the public or private section, requires basic business planning to ensure the development of a sustainable model. This Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) Technical Assistance Exchange brief provides an overview of business planning including information on market analysis and organizational structure.

Wisconsin’s Family Care pilot program constitutes a major re-design of the state’s long-term care (LTC) system. Concerns over system fragmentation, institutional bias, and rising expenditures fueled a strong desire in Wisconsin to improve and redesign the system. This paper summarizes the Wisconsin Resource Center (RC) experience as documented in The Lewin Group’s four reports for the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau’s Evaluation of the Family Care Program.

This page provides a list of links to Web sites that provide interactive on-line decision tools related to long term supports and services, as well as other topics of interest for seniors and people with disabilities. Links include: Long Term Care Planning Tool; Nursing Home Compare; Home Health Compare; Prescription Drug and Other Assistance Programs; CHEQ: Comprehensive Healthcare and Earnings Query; MN Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities; Care Planner; BenefitsCheckUp

Grant summaries on the 2004 ADRC Grant Program grantees is provided here. Also, the HHS press release for this second round of 12 grants for developing ADRCs and a cooperative agreement are provided.

This link brings you to the Administration on Aging website. There is information on Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC) provided here. The ADRC Grant Program, a cooperative effort of the AoA & the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), was developed to assist states in their efforts to create a single, coordinated system of information and access for all persons seeking long term support to minimize confusion, enhance individual choice, and support informed decision-making.

The Community Living Exchange Collaborative at Rutgers Center for State Health Policy hosted a conference call for the Respite Grantees to discuss the outline for a proposed brief on the definition of respite. The agenda included an introduction by Susan Reinhard, the CMS perspective from Deidra Abbott on \"what is respite? - National perspectives and initiatives\", the state perspective from Bruce Whitten, Arkansas, and all participants had an opportunity for Q&A and general discussion

There are three customer satisfaction surveys from the Pennslyvania Community Choice program included here. There are two surveys for consumers found to be eligible for HCBS services: one for those who enrolled and one for those who did not. The third survey was intended for consumers who were found to be ineligible for HCBS services.

This report summarizes the results of a telephone survey conducted by Mathematica in mid-2002 of adults age 50 and over in 13 communities. The report includes population characteristics as well as their knowledge of long-term care coverage and service availability.

This AARP report describes elements of successful Information and Assistance (I & A) Programs for older adults and their families and provides case studies of Indiana, Wisconsin, and New Jersey I & A programs.