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Aging & Disability

ASPE produces policy research focusing on older adults, Medicare, dual-eligible beneficiaries, individuals with disabilities, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and caregivers. Resources relating to aging and disability include advance directives, end-of-life care planning, elder abuse, long-term services and supports (LTSS), home and community-based services (HCBS), and healthy aging.

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Trends and Disparities in Pandemic Telehealth Use among People with Disabilities

Generic Drug Utilization and Spending Among Medicare Part D Enrollees in 2022

National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease: 2023 Update

Trends in Ownership Structures of U.S. Nursing Homes and the Relationship with …

Addressing Homelessness Among Older Adults

Assessing Outcomes Relevant for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Among Adults…

NAPA

The National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA) creates an important opportunity to build upon and leverage HHS programs and other federal efforts to help change the trajectory of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) with input from a public-private Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services.

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Dispelling Some Myths: A Comparison of Long-Term Care Financing in the U.S. and Other Nations

This article compares the organization and financing of long-term care for the elderly in the U.S. with that of other advanced industrial countries.

Design for Survey of Persons with Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities: Summary of Recommendations for Survey Questions and Screening Criteria

This document contains brief summaries of recommendations for survey items to be included in the Survey of Persons with Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. The domains covered by these recommendations are based on the core set identified in consultation with the Technical Advisory Group and HHS. [49 PDF pages]

Use of Functional Criteria in Allocating Long-Term Care Benefits: What Are the Policy Implications?

This paper discusses the policy implications of allocating long-term care benefits to the elderly on the basis of objective functional criteria, particularly functioning in the activities of daily living (ADLs).

Caregiver Burden and Institutionalization, Hospital Use, and Stability of Care: Final Report

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Measuring the Activities of Daily Living Among the Elderly: A Guide to National Surveys

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Population Profile of Disability

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

A Pilot Study fo the Adequacy of Post-Hospital Community Care for the Elderly: Final Report

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Report on Problems and Suggestions for Improving the NLTCS Files for 1982 and 1984

This paper summarizes the problems with and suggestions for improving the National Long-Term Care Survey (NLTCS) files. It incorporates many of the concerns and ideas users stated at a Forum on the NLTCS. It outlines concrete areas where improvements and increased technical support are needed so that the research community can conduct the most useful and credible studies possible.

Review of State Quality Assurance Programs for Home Care: Final Report

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Long-Term Care and Disability Research: 1986-1989

This compendium is published by the Division of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Social Services Policy. It summarizes the results of the Division's research projects from 1986 through the present and highlights future plans.