LTSS Blog

The Impact of Racial and Ethnic Disparities In Asset Ownership Among Older Adults

Low asset levels leave most black and Hispanic elders at greater risk when facing care costs....

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Get to Know Your Health Department

Health departments and senior housing communities should really get to know each other better....

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How to be a Good Mentor

Good mentorship depends on a recipe with 3 basic ingredients: communication, goal setting, and guidance....

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Family Caregiving from a Distance: A New and Understudied Trend

Long-distance caregiving is a growing phenomenon, but most research focuses on caregivers who live close....

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What Can We Learn from State Attempts to Finance LTSS?

Early insights from 2 states that tried to enact social insurance programs aimed at LTSS finance....

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We Need More Than More Affordable Housing

Policy makers should find ways to support housing-based services models in addition to supporting more affordable housing....

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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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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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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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