Issue Briefs
Paying for Long-Term Care
Strains on both Medicare and Medicaid are growing, and may soon be insufficient to meet America's long-term care needs. [
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Home- and Community-Based Services
Programs that finance home- and community- based services must be strengthened in order to meet the escalating needs for services while giving consumers effective choices and greater autonomy and independence. [
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Affordable Senior Housing
Housing can and should be the foundation for community-based supportive services that enable seniors to age in place and remain independent as long as possible. [
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Long-Term Care Workforce
Providers are struggling to fill positions, and this problem will become more acute as the aged population increases faster than the applicable labor pool over the coming years. [
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Technology
Through the proposed consortium on the impact of technology in aging services, Congress can channel the power and potential of technology to help seniors maintain and improve their quality of life. [
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Last Updated : 2/21/2008 1:00:20 PM