U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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.
Noteworthy
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.
More Resources on Aging and Disability
Topic Areas
Reports
Displaying 551 - 560 of 749. 10 per page. Page 56.
Advanced SearchUse of Medicare's Hospice Benefit by Nursing Facility Residents
Susan C. Miller, Pedro Gozalo and Vincent Mor Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University This report was prepared under contract #100-97-0010 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the Urban Institute.
Hospice Benefits and Utilization in the Large Employer Market
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Important Questions for Hospice in the Next Century
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Important Questions for Hospice in the Next Century
Executive Summary
Medicare's Hospice Benefit: Use and Expenditures, 1996 Cohort
This report presents information on Medicare's hospice benefit who is using it, how it is being used, what costs are associated with its use, what costs precede hospice enrollment and how these vary by type of enrollee.
Informal Caregivers of Disabled Elders with Long-Term Care Insurance
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Federal Role in the Move Toward Consumer Direction
This article is intended to provide historical perspective on the Federal Government's involvement in the Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation as an example of the federal role in consumer direction. Specifically, it describes how previous research and analysis led to DALTCP's interest in sponsoring this social experiment and shaped our thinking about its purpose and design.
A National Study of Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly: Results of a National Survey of Facilities
Catherine Hawes, Ph.D., Miriam Rose, M.Ed., and Charles D. Phillips, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Myers Research Institute
December 14, 1999
This report was prepared under #HHS-100-94-0024 and #HHS-100-98-0013 between HHS's ASPE/DALTCP and the Research Triangle Institute.