
Out of the Shadows: Envisioning a Brighter Future For Long-Term Care In America
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Summary
Is there a growing recognition that loneliness, helplessness, and boredom plague long-term care? This report examines six issues facing policymakers: financing and insurance, supporting and educating caregivers, the challenges of changing the physical and organizational environments in which services are delivered, recruiting and retaining a qualified workforce, designing a more effective regulatory control system, and adapting and integrating health information technology to long-term care.
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Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research
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Keywords
Leveraging Health Information Technology; Prioritizing Financing; Promoting Physical and Organizational Change; Modernizing Regulation;
Contact
Brenda
Vitale
vitaleb@bc.edu