Strategies to Keep Consumers Needing Long-Term Care in the Community and Out of Nursing Facilities

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Article Publication Date: 
9/21/2005
Summary: 
In recent years, states have been trying to shift resources from institutional to home and community based long-term care services. This report examines \"transition\" and \"diversion\" policies and practices in eight states. It provides a sense of what state Medicaid programs are doing or could be doing to promote diversion.
Article Author: 
Summer, Laura
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Keywords: 
Long-Term Care
Eligibility Determinations; Home Care; Waiver While Waiting; Rapid Assessments; Pre-admission Screening; Asset Disregard

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Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
kcmu@kff.org
Phone: 
202-347-5270

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50778