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Jhamirah M. Howard and Jennifer Baron Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (8 PDF pages)
Older adults who have income and assets have choices should they need long-term services and supports (LTSS). In this paper we estimate the extent to which older adults could potentially use home equity to help pay for nursing home care. By estimating the relationship between home equity and care costs, we provide an upper bound on how much assistance with LTSS home equity might purchase.
This is the PDF version of the meeting presentation given by Joshua M. Wiener, Galina Khatutsky, Angela M. Greene, Trini Thach, and Benjamin Allaire from RTI International, and Derek Brown from Washington University for the July 2015 meeting and webinar.