Rural long-term care resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2010 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/longtermcare/ Works to promote high quality health care services for low-income populations and people with chronic illnesses and disabilities. http://www.chcs.org/ Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:27:35 CST http://www.chcs.org/ Identifies and critiques major long-term care projection models related to the demand for care of the elderly in three major settings: nursing homes, residential care, and home care. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/Content/8877/2006_02_An_Aging_US_Population_and_the_Health_Care_Workforce_Factors_Affecting_the_Need_for_Geriatric_Care_Workers.pdf Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:00:50 CST http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/Content/8877/2006_02_An_Aging_US_Population_and_the_Health_Care_Workforce_Factors_Affecting_the_Need_for_Geriatric_Care_Workers.pdf Focuses on specific information and support for rural caregivers. -- Caregiver.com Inc. http://www.caregiver.com/channels/rural/index.htm Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:07:52 CST http://www.caregiver.com/channels/rural/index.htm Chicago IL March 15, 2010 -- National Council on Aging http://www.agingconference.org/AiA10/index.cfm Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:00:34 CST http://www.agingconference.org/AiA10/index.cfm A project of the Brown University Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research that provides data on nursing home care in the United States. Includes national and state-level data on the health status of nursing home residents, characteristics of care facilities, and state and local policies. http://ltcfocus.org/Default.aspx Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:17:28 CST http://ltcfocus.org/Default.aspx Details quality improvement trends in the nation's nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities. Co-sponsored by the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care. -- American Health Care Association http://www.ahcancal.org/research_data/quality/Documents/2009AnnualQualityReport.pdf Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:20:30 CST http://www.ahcancal.org/research_data/quality/Documents/2009AnnualQualityReport.pdf Designed for use in implementing Health Information Technology or Electronic Health Record system in a nursing home and to evaluate system effectiveness. -- Stratis Health http://www.stratishealth.org/expertise/healthit/nursinghomes/nhtoolkit.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:38:17 CST http://www.stratishealth.org/expertise/healthit/nursinghomes/nhtoolkit.html Provides the revised version of the long term care section of the CMS Manual, rule changes display in red text. -- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/transmittals/downloads/R48SOMA.pdf Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:51:04 CST http://www.cms.hhs.gov/transmittals/downloads/R48SOMA.pdf Relays proceedings from the 2008 Rural Long Term Care Access and Options Workshop, which discussed model options for home, community, and facility-based care by care coordination systems that enhance autonomy and quality of life for rural elders. -- National PACE Association http://www.ruralcare.org/documents/Rural%20LT%20Care%202008%20FINAL.pdf Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:57:48 CST http://www.ruralcare.org/documents/Rural%20LT%20Care%202008%20FINAL.pdf Serves as an online resource center designed to help hospitals and health care facilities improve preparedness for disasters and large-scale emergencies. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://emergency.cdc.gov/healthcare/ Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:26:02 CST http://emergency.cdc.gov/healthcare/ Describes PACE (Program of the All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) and explains how to start a program in terms of application, eligibility, services, enrollment, payment, and restraints. -- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PACE/Downloads/PACEFactSheet.pdf Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:22:40 CST http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PACE/Downloads/PACEFactSheet.pdf Overviews Medicare payments for long-term care services. Includes information on how payment rates are set. -- Medicare Payment Advisory Commission http://www.medpac.gov/documents/MedPAC_Payment_Basics_08_LTCH.pdf Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:58:50 CST http://www.medpac.gov/documents/MedPAC_Payment_Basics_08_LTCH.pdf Printable and customizable map that shows the location of long term care hospitals nationwide. Data source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 2009. -- Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/maps/#map_ltch Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:48:06 CST http://www.raconline.org/maps/#map_ltch Describes regulatory provisions and Medicaid policy for residential care settings in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2007/07alcom.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:56:43 CST http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2007/07alcom.htm Presents research, publications, and statistics on issues in long term care, including trends; delivery system innovations; and costs. -- Urban Institute http://www.urban.org/health_policy/long-term_care/index.cfm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:29:27 CST http://www.urban.org/health_policy/long-term_care/index.cfm Offers information on publicly-funded caregiver support programs in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. -- Family Caregiver Alliance http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=1274 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:36:18 CST http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=1274 Discusses the Green House, which is a place where elders can receive assistance and support with daily living and clinical care without the assistance and care becoming the focus of their existence. Also discusses the Green House model, developing a business plan, and how it could be replicated. -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=24351 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:53:47 CST http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=24351 Developed to assist states in their efforts to create a single, coordinated system of information and access for all persons seeking long term support to minimize confusion, enhance individual choice, and support informed decision-making. -- Administration on Aging http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/AoA_Programs/HCLTC/ADRC/index.aspx Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:43:36 CST http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/AoA_Programs/HCLTC/ADRC/index.aspx Discusses selected characteristics of long-term care consumers and providers and describes payers and selected programs that finance long-term care services. -- Congressional Research Service http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33919_20070315.pdf Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:24:48 CST http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33919_20070315.pdf Presents data from the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey and from an industry-sponsored survey that show important ways in which these two types of services are converging and ways in which they are still quite different. -- Center for Excellence in Assisted Living http://www.theceal.org/column.php?ID=16 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:16:27 CST http://www.theceal.org/column.php?ID=16 Promotes high-quality assisted living and serves as a national clearinghouse, bringing together research, practices, and policy that foster quality and affordability in assisted living. http://www.theceal.org/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:59:42 CST http://www.theceal.org/ Assists rural PACE providers and their academic partners in designing and implementing an interdisciplinary training program that reflects their specific needs, communities and resources. -- Rural PACE Technical Assistance Program http://www.raconline.org/pdf/pace_in_rural_areas.pdf Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:41:04 CST http://www.raconline.org/pdf/pace_in_rural_areas.pdf Examines challenges rural long term care facilities face and helps develop strategies specific to long term care issues. -- American Health Care Association http://www.raconline.org/pdf/ahca_rural_ltc.pdf Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:40:13 CST http://www.raconline.org/pdf/ahca_rural_ltc.pdf Discusses the financial impact of caregiving on the caregivers themselves as well as the economic value of their contributions to society. -- AARP Public Policy Institute http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/il/ib82_caregiving.pdf Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:48:37 CST http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/il/ib82_caregiving.pdf Reports on a study to: review the existence and accessibility of Internet-based resources intended to support the decision to enter a nursing facility and select the appropriate facility; examine how consumers select a nursing home; explore if and how existing information resources are used in the decision-making process; and identify gaps in needed information resources. Includes associated issues affecting rural locations. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2006/chooseI.pdf Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:35:06 CST http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2006/chooseI.pdf Provides information about Systems Changegrants and the kinds of activities state Medicaid agencies have undertaken to transform their institutionally based systems. -- National Health Policy Forum http://www.nhpf.org/library/issue-briefs/IB822_SystemsChange_05-30-07.pdf Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:54:55 CST http://www.nhpf.org/library/issue-briefs/IB822_SystemsChange_05-30-07.pdf Examines the issues that assisted living in unlicensed housing might have for consumers, in terms of quality of care, quality of life, and access to affordable assisted living services. Describes four states experiences with this model and discusses the implications for state policy. -- AARP Public Policy Institute http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/il/2007_08_housing.pdf Tue, 29 May 2007 09:32:59 CST http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/il/2007_08_housing.pdf Identifies the major challenges affecting woman as they age. -- AARP Public Policy Institute http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/il/fs77r_ltc.pdf Fri, 04 May 2007 11:13:22 CST http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/il/fs77r_ltc.pdf Provides summaries of current and completed rural health research projects and related publications addressing the topic of long term care, produced by the Office of Rural Health Policy's funded rural health research centers. -- Rural Health Research Gateway http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/topics/100000035/ Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:42:00 CST http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/topics/100000035/ Provides an overview of the current long-term care system by describing long-term care, the population that needs it, and how the care is provided and paid for. Introduces the key challenges facing the current system as thedemand for long-term care changes and continues to grow. -- National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care http://qualitylongtermcarecommission.org/pdf/ltc_america_introduction.pdf Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:21:19 CST http://qualitylongtermcarecommission.org/pdf/ltc_america_introduction.pdf