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Catastrophic Acute and Long-Term Care Costs: Risks Faced by Disabled Elderly Persons
The repeal of many provisions of the 1988 Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act was due to subjective impressions about the usefulness to many elderly persons of the services covered by the law and to the omission of long-term care services. In the wake of the repeal of the Act, many legislators have promised that the issue of catastrophic health care costs would be revisited and that long-term care…
The Federal Role in Consumer Protection and Regulation of Long-Term Care Insurance
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Federal Role in Consumer Protection and Regulation of Long-Term Care Insurance
This paper reviews the current status of consumer protection issues associated with private long-term care insurance. It examines possible roles that the Federal Government might play in this area. The views of a panel of experts drawn from government, industry, academia, and consumer organizations are reported. The panel concluded that the Federal Government could make an important contribution…
Catastrophic Acute and Long-Term Care Costs: Risks Faced by Disabled Elderly Persons
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Catastrophic Acute and Long-Term Care Costs: Risks Faced by Disabled Elderly Persons Korbin Liu and Maria PerozekHealth Policy Center, The Urban Institute Kenneth MantonCenter for Demographic Studies, Duke University June 1991 PDF Version (25 PDF pages)
The Federal Role in Consumer Protection and Regulation of Long-Term Care Insurance
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Estimating the Prevalence of Long-Term Disability for an Aging Society
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Estimating the Prevalence of Long-Term Disability for an Aging Society Suzanne R. Kunkel and Robert A. Applebaum Miami University, Scripps Gerontology Center April 1991 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/agsoces.pdf (23 PDF pages)
Estimating the Prevalence of Long-Term Disability for an Aging Society
This study was designed to provide comprehensive information about future long-term care needs in the U.S. Using data from the U.S. Decennial Census of Population and Housing, National Long-Term Care Survey and National Nursing Home Survey, the study developed detailed projections of the need for long-term care among the elderly in the years 2000, 2020 and 2040. Estimates of long-term care needs…
The Future of SIPP for Analyzing Disability and Health
This paper was requested as part of the National Academy of Sciences, Committee on National Statistics Panel to Evaluate the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). SIPP is sponsored by the Bureau of the Census and has been an ongoing longitudinal survey of the civilian non-institutionalized population since 1983.
National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration: Summary of Demonstration and Reports
This paper presents an overview of the results of the National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration, conducted in ten states to test the impact of a community-based system of long-term care upon the functionally disabled elderly. The study examines: program management; federal planning of the project; the objectives of the demonstration; the two Channeling models, which emphasized case…
National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration: Summary of Demonstration and Reports
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration: Summary of Demonstration and Reports Office of Family, Community and Long-Term Care PolicyU.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1987 PDF Version
Welfare Mothers as Potential Employees: A Statistics Profile Based on National Survey Data
When women who receive welfare benefits are compared with other women, both poor and non-poor, in the NLSY and other national sample surveys, welfare mothers are notably different from non-poor mothers. At the same time, these data show that there is considerable diversity within the welfare population. In particular, compared to short-term recipients, longer-term recipients have lower cognitive…
Welfare Mothers as Potential Employees: A Statistics Profile Based on National Survey Data
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Welfare Mothers as Potential Employees: A Statistical Profile Based on National Survey Data Nicholas Zill, Ph.D., Kristin A. Moore, Ph.D., Christine Winquist Nord, Ph.D., and Thomas Stief Child Trends, Inc. February 25, 1991 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1991/welfmom.pdf (66 PDF pages)
Long-Term Care for the Boomers: A Public Policy Challenge for the Twenty-first Century
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Long-Term Care for the Boomers: A Public Policy Challenge for the Twenty-first Century Robert Applebaum and Suzanne Kunkel Scripps Gerontology Center February 1991 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/boomers.pdf (18 PDF pages)
Prevalence and Correlates of Unmet Need Among the Elderly with ADL Disabilities
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Prevalence and Correlates of Unmet Need Among the Elderly with ADL Disabilities Mary E. Jackson SysteMetrics/McGraw-Hill February 1991 PDF Version
Long-Term Care for the Boomers: A Public Policy Challenge for the Twenty-first Century
Although the current difficulties in developing an adequate system of long-term care are extensive, they pale in comparison to the challenges ahead as the "baby boomers" come of age. To explore these issues this paper reports the results of research predicting disability among older people through the year 2020, focusing on the policy issues and challenges that will be associated with providing…
Prevalence and Correlates of Unmet Need Among the Elderly with ADL Disabilities
This report examines how many disabled elderly are at risk because they do not receive the assistance they need in basic self-maintenance activities. The source of data was the 1982 and 1984 National Long-Term Care Surveys. The estimates of the number of elderly with unmet needs are sensitive to the way one defines "unmet need." Depending on the specific definition invoked, the estimates range…
Programmatic Definitions of Disability: Policy Implications
This paper looks at programmatic definitions of disability for federal disability programs by: (1) reviewing and examining major programmatic definitions of disability, and (2) describing complex eligibility processes by using the Social Security Disability Insurance program as an example. Programmatic definitions are critical from a federal policy perspective because they determine who is or…
Physical and Cognitive Impairment: Do They Require Different Kinds of Help?
Physical impairments are commonly believed to require relatively more active hands-on assistance with the activities of daily living (ADLs) while cognitive impairments use relatively more supervisory or standby assistance. Using data from the 1984 National Long-Term Care Survey, this paper examines whether the type of assistance (active, standby, assistive device, and combinations thereof) varies…