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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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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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Advanced SearchCharacteristics of Persons with Developmental Disabilities: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation
In spite of the growth in federal programs affecting the developmentally disabled, there is little comprehensive information about this population. The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) is one available source of information. SIPP is a nationally representative longitudinal survey of the adult civilian non-institutionalized population in the U.S.
Federal Programs for Persons with Disabilities
This report provides an overview of the major federal assistance programs targeted on non-elderly persons with disabilities. Program descriptions include expenditures, trends, the number and characteristics of recipients, eligibility rules, recent program history and legislative changes, and interactions with other federal programs.
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
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.