The LTSS Center Blog is the place where our researchers share their insights about the latest trends in the field of long-term services and supports, and offer updates about the research they’re conducting.
Our blog is also a place where you can discuss issues that matter most to you. Post your comments about a blog, and let’s get the conversation started!
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How to Gather Essential Healthy Aging Data
Detailed local health information is an essential resource for effective age-friendly community planning.
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Is One Really the Loneliest Number? It Depends
How can we avoid turning our concern about elder loneliness into a fad that will eventually recede from public view without any workable strategies to address it?
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How Research Can Transform Dementia Care and Caregivers
Even the greatest idea in the world will go absolutely nowhere without a robust evidence base and a trained workforce.
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Seeing the Big Picture on Big Issues in State Capitals
State legislators need to work across committee lines to strengthen the LTSS workforce.
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Fixing the LTSS Finance System
Close to 30 years ago, I decided to devote my career to the field of aging and focus on issues related to the finance and delivery of long-term services and supports (LTSS).
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3 New Studies Shed Light on Benefits of Housing-Based Services
The evidence is building for the benefits of using affordable senior housing communities as a platform for delivering services.
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Can We Fight Ageism Without Turning Our Backs on Aging?
Are we taking the anti-ageism movement too far? In the process, do we run the risk of devaluing aging?
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Listening to Consumers and Advocates Who Helped Shape a Health Plan
Interviewing members of the One Care Implementation Council and reflecting on their experiences.
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Taking Health Care Out of the Driver’s Seat
Want to help the aging network support community-dwelling older adults facing health declines and disability? Take health care out of the driver’s seat.
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Lester Holt Knows What Consumers Want
We’ve known for a long time that consumers prefer home care to care in a hospital or nursing home. Now NBC News Anchor Lester Holt knows it too.