Focuses on long-term care (LTC) insurance as a health care benefit for employees and retirees in the U.S. Background on trends in LTC coverage; Factors to consider when choosing an LTC insurance policy; Details of strategie...
ong-term health care for older adults has emerged as a significant is- sue, both in terms of quality and financing, during the past 30 years. This article provides an overview of long-term care in this country, highlighting why it is an issue, who uses care, what types of settings are...
“Long-term care is a colossal train wreck,” says Van Horn, adding that costs will very likely keep rising. “We’ve shifted home care from kids to public vehicles. We can’t afford that anymore.”
The cost of home healthcare Home healthcare can be one of the biggest challenges associated with aging in place. The care you need could cost tens of thousands of dollars per year to access, if and when you need it. But long-term care insurance can help. Depending on the policy you ch...
The care recipients had used LTC services under the Ten-Year Long-Term Care Project (TLTCP) in Taiwan. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires from September 2012 to January 2013. The following variables were assessed for caregivers: health, sex, marital status, education level...
The Rise in Old Age Longevity and the Market for Long-Term Care This paper analyzes how markets for old-age care respond to the aging of populations. We consider how the biological forces, which govern the stocks of frail and healthy persons in a population, interacct with economic forces,...
The proportion of adults aged 60 years and older is increasing globally; it stands at 12% in the global population and is projected to double by 2050, with a more pronounced increase in high-income countries1,2. The ageing of populations presents health and social care challenges due to incr...
This paper examines patterns in old-age frailty within a multistate model that characterises the stochastic process of biological ageing. Using aggregate p
Long-term mortality risk after spinal cord injury To develop predictive models to estimate worklife expectancy after spinal cord injury (SCI). Inception cohort study. Model SCI Care Systems throughout the ... D Strauss,MJ Devivo,R Shavelle - 《Journal of Insurance Medicine》 被引量: 33发表: ...
Long-term health correlates of timing of sexual debut: results from a national US study. Am J Public Health. 2008;98(1):155–61. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Tilahun M, Ayele G. Factors associated with age at first sexual initiation among youths in Gamo Gofa, south ...