March 23, 2020
A. “Examining social isolation and loneliness in combination in relation to social support and psychological distress using Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging (CLSA) data,” by Verena H. Menec, Nancy E. Newall, Corey S. Mackenzie, Shahin Shooshtari, and Scott Nowicki (PLoS ONE 15(3): e0230673. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230673, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 20p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0230673
B. “Regional variation of care dependency after hip fracture in Germany: A retrospective cohort study using health insurance claims data,” by Claudia Schulz, Gisela Büchele, Raphael Simon Peter, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Patrick Roigk, Kilian Rapp, Katrin Christiane Reber, and Hans-Helmut König (PLoS ONE 15(3): e0230648. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230648, HTML, XML, and .pdf format, 17p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0230648
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February 10, 2020
A. “Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Enrollment and Spending,” by Molly O’Malley Watts, MaryBeth Musumeci, and Priya Chidambaram (February 2020, .pdf and HTML format, 23p.).
www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-home-and-community-based-services-enrollment-and-spending/
B. “Key State Policy Choices About Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services,” by MaryBeth Musumeci, Molly O’Malley Watts, and Priya Chidambaram (February 2020, .pdf and HTML format, 58p.).
www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/key-state-policy-choices-about-medicaid-home-and-community-based-services/
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December 17, 2019
“Long-Term Services and Supports Scorecard: Expediting Medicaid Financial Eligibility Determinations to Promote Access to Long-Term Services and Supports,” by Robert Mollica (November 2019, .pdf format, 13p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2019/expediting-medicaid-financial-eligibility-determinations.html
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November 25, 2019
“Implications of the Expiration of Medicaid Long-Term Care Spousal Impoverishment Rules for Community Integration,” by MaryBeth Musumeci, Priya Chidambaram, and Molly O’Malley Watts (November 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 15p.).
www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/implications-of-the-expiration-of-medicaid-long-term-care-spousal-impoverishment-rules-for-community-integration/
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November 19, 2019
“Caring for Aging Americans,” a hearing held November 14, 2019 (witness statements available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the Committee’s YouTube channel, running time 3 hours 35 minutes). Note: Hearing begins at the 8:45 mark.
waysandmeans.house.gov/legislation/hearings/caring-aging-americans
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September 19, 2019
A. “Fiscal challenges and inclusive growth in ageing societies,” by Dorothée Rouzet, Aida Caldera Sánchez, Theodore Renault and Oliver Roehn (OECD Economic Policy Paper No. 27, September 2019, .pdf format, 69p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of this paper available at:
www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/fiscal-challenges-and-inclusive-growth-in-ageing-societies_c553d8d2-en
B. “Meeting fiscal challenges in Japan’s rapidly ageing society,” by Randall S. Jones and Haruki Seitani (OECD Economic Department Working Paper No. 1569, September 2019, .pdf format, 47p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of this paper available at:
www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/meeting-fiscal-challenges-in-japan-s-rapidly-ageing-society_7a7f4973-en
C. “Labour market reform in Japan to cope with a shrinking and ageing population,” by Randall S. Jones and Haruki Seitani (OECD Economic Department Working Paper No. 1568, September 2019, .pdf format, 54p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of this paper available at:
www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/labour-market-reform-in-japan-to-cope-with-a-shrinking-and-ageing-population_73665992-en
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September 9, 2019
ICPSR/NACDA announced the release of a new dataset on September 9, 2019. Note: Some ICPSR studies are available only to ICPSR member institutions. To find out whether your organization is a member, and whether or not it supports ICPSR Direct downloading, see:
www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/membership/administration/institutions
– Shaping Long Term Care in America, [United States], 2009-2011 (ICPSR 37394)
www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NACDA/studies/37394/versions/V1
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August 26, 2019
“National Background Check Program for Long Term Care Providers: Assessment of State Programs Concluded in 2017 and 2018,” (OEI-07-18-00290, August 2019, .pdf format, 37p.).
oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-07-18-00290.asp
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“Long-Term Services and Supports,” by Edem Hado and Harriet Komisar (August 2019, .pdf format, 4p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2017/long-term-services-and-supports.html
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July 31, 2019
“The long-term care mix in Austria: An overview of community-based care provision by formal and informal caregivers,” by Stefania Ilinca and Ricardo Rodrigues (Policy Brief 2019/5, 2019, .pdf format, 12p.).
www.euro.centre.org/publications/detail/3488
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June 21, 2019
“Emerging Innovations: Mobility Managers Long-Term Services and Supports Scorecard,” by Doug Birnie, James McLary, Wendy Fox-Grage, and Jana Lynott (June 2019, .pdf format, 25p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2019/emerging-innovations-mobility-managers.html
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June 17, 2019
“Impact of Increased Long-Term Care Insurance Payments on Employment and Wages in Formal Long-Term Care,” by Ayako Kondo (Discussion Paper No. 12383, May 2019, .pdf format, 18p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of this paper available at:
www.iza.org/publications/dp/12383
Comments Off on CAAR – Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [University of Bonn, Germany] Working Paper – June 17, 2019
February 27, 2019
“Long-term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2015–2016,” by Lauren Harris-Kojetin, Manisha Sengupta, Jessica Penn Lendon, Vincent Rome, Roberto Valverde, and Christine Caffrey (Vital and Health Statistics, Series 3, No. 43, February 2019, .pdf format, 78p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_03/sr03_43-508.pdf
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February 1, 2019
“The Financial Hardship Faced by Older Americans Needing Long-Term Services and Supports,” by Amber Willink, Karen Davis, John Mulcahy, Jennifer L. Wolff, and Judith Kasper (January 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 11p.).
www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2019/jan/financial-hardship-older-americans-ltss
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January 24, 2019
“Are Older Americans Getting the Long-Term Services and Supports They Need?” by Amber Willink, Judith Kasper, Maureen E. Skehan, Jennifer L. Wolff, John Mulcahy, and Karen Davis (January 2019, HTML format).
www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2019/jan/are-older-americans-getting-LTSS-they-need
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January 10, 2019
“Long-Term Care Services Use-Rates in the United States–US Maps Supplement: National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2015-2016,” (December 2018, .pdf format, 17p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nsltcp/2016_UseRateMaps.pdf
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December 13, 2018
“Medicare: Payments for Certain Long-Term Care Hospitals that Specialize in Spinal Cord Treatment,” (GAO-19-141, December 2018, .pdf format, 49p.).
www.gao.gov/products/GAO-19-141
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November 30, 2018
“Working conditions in long-term care in Austria: The perspective of care professionals,” by Gudrun Bauer, Ricardo Rodrigues, and Kai Leichsenring (November 2018, .pdf format, 10p.).
www.euro.centre.org/publications/detail/3283
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November 15, 2018
“Potential Changes to Medicaid Long-Term Care Spousal Impoverishment Rules: States’ Plans and Implications for Community Integration,” by MaryBeth Musumeci and Molly O’Malley Watts (November 2018, .pdf format, 14p.).
www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/potential-changes-to-medicaid-long-term-care-spousal-impoverishment-rules-states-plans-and-implications-for-community-integration/
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October 22, 2018
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “Patient vs. Provider Incentives in Long Term Care,” by Martin B. Hackmann and R. Vincent Pohl (w25178, October 2018, .pdf format, 78p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w25178
B. “Early Determinants of Work Disability in an International Perspective,” by Axel Borsch-Supan, Tabea Bucher-Koenen, and Felizia Hanemann (w25142, October 2018, .pdf format, 32p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w25142
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October 17, 2018
A. “The state of health care and adult social care in England 2017/18,” (October 2018, .pdf format, 130p.).
www.cqc.org.uk/publications/major-report/state-care
B. “Social care in prisons in England and Wales,” (October 2018, .pdf format, 43p.).
www.cqc.org.uk/news/stories/social-care-prisons-england-wales
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August 28, 2018
A. “Disrupting the Marketplace: The State of Private Long-Term Care Insurance, 2018 Update,” by Kathleen Ujvari (August 2018, .pdf format, 15p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2018/disrupting-the-marketplace-the-state-of-private-long-term-care.html
B. “Across the States 2018: Profiles of Long-Term Services and Supports,” by Ari Houser, Wendy Fox-Grage, and Kathleen Ujvari (August 2018, .pdf format, 84p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2018/state-long-term-services-supports.html
C. “Solving Social Security: Ensuring Long-Term Stability,” by Joel Eskovitz (August 2018, .pdf format, 3p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2018/solving-social-security-ensuring-long-term-stability.html
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July 2, 2018
“Uncertain Altruism and Non-Linear Long-Term Care Policies,” by Chiara Canta and Helmuth Cremer (CESifo Working Paper No. 7129, June 2018, .pdf format, 28p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/docbase/DocBase_Content/WP/WP-CESifo_Working_Papers/wp-cesifo-2018/wp-cesifo-2018-06/12012018007129.html
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June 21, 2018
“Time-varying effects of socio-demographic and economic factors on the use of institutional long-term care before dementia-related death: A Finnish register-based study,” by Kaarina Korhonen, Elina Einiö, Taina Leinonen, Lasse Tarkiainen, and Pekka Martikainen (PLoS ONE 13(6): e0199551. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199551, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 16p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0199551
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June 20, 2018
“Long Term Care Risk Misperceptions,” by Martin Boyer, Philippe De Donder (Website), Claude Fluet, Marie-Louise Leroux, and Pierre-Carl Michaud (CESifo Working Paper No. 7100, June 2018, .pdf format, 38p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/docbase/DocBase_Content/WP/WP-CESifo_Working_Papers/wp-cesifo-2018/wp-cesifo-2018-06/12012018007100.html
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April 13, 2018
“Taking It to the Next Level: Using Innovative Strategies to Expand Options for Self-Direction,” by Merle Edwards-Orr and Kathleen Ujvari (April 2018, .pdf format, 19p.).
www.aarp.org/content/aarpe/en/home/ppi/info-2018/taking-it-to-the-next-level-using-innovative-strategies-to-expand-options-for-self-direction.html
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March 19, 2018
A. “Distributional Effects of Alternative Strategies for Financing Long-Term Services and Supports and Assisting Family Caregivers,” by Melissa M. Favreault and Richard W. Johnson (WP No. 2018-1, March 2018, .pdf format, 64p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
Distributional Effects of Alternative Strategies for Financing Long-Term Services and Supports and Assisting Family Caregivers
B. “How Might Earnings Patterns and Interactions among Certain Provisions in OASDI Solvency Packages Affect Financing and Distributional Goals?” by Melissa M. Favreault (WP No. 2018-2, March 2018, .pdf format, 67p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
How Might Earnings Patterns and Interactions among Certain Provisions in OASDI Solvency Packages Affect Financing and Distributional Goals?
Comments Off on CAAR – Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Papers – March 19, 2018
February 6, 2018
A. “Delayed Retirement and the Growth in Income Inequality at Older Ages,” by Richard W. Johnson (February 2018, .pdf format, 29p.).
www.urban.org/research/publication/delayed-retirement-and-growth-income-inequality-older-ages
B. “A New Public-Private Partnership: Catastrophic Public and Front-End Private LTC Insurance,” by Marc Cohen, Judith Feder, and Melissa M. Favreault (January 2018, .pdf format, 29p.).
www.urban.org/research/publication/new-public-private-partnership-catastrophic-public-and-front-end-private-ltc-insurance
Comments Off on CAAR – Urban Institute Reports – February 6, 2018
January 17, 2018
“Access to Long Term Care After a Wealth Shock: Evidence from The Housing Bubble and Burst,” by Joan Costa-i-Font, Richard G. Frank, and Katherine Swartz (CESifo Working Paper No. 6823, December 2017, .pdf format, 33p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/docbase/DocBase_Content/WP/WP-CESifo_Working_Papers/wp-cesifo-2017/wp-cesifo-2017-12/12012017006823.html
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October 31, 2017
“Key Issues in Long-Term Services and Supports Quality,” by Charlene Harrington, Joshua M. Wiener, Leslie Ross, and MaryBeth Musumeci (October 2017, .pdf and HTML format, 21p.).
www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/key-issues-in-long-term-services-and-supports-quality/
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October 26, 2017
“Design Considerations for Nursing Facility Quality Improvement Initiatives in Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs,” by Ann Mary Philip and Stephanie Gibbs (August 2017, .pdf format, 7p.).
www.chcs.org/resource/design-considerations-nursing-facility-quality-improvement-initiatives-medicaid-managed-long-term-services-supports-programs/
Comments Off on CAAR – Center for Health Care Strategies Brief – October 26, 2017
October 13, 2017
“Financing long-term services and supports: Continuity and change,” by Joshua M. Wiener, Mary E. Knowles, and Erin E. White (RTI Press Publication No. OP-0042-1709, September 2017, .pdf format, 13p.).
www.rti.org/publication/financing-long-term-services-and-supports-continuity-and-change
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October 11, 2017
“State Strategies to Reduce the Risk of Long-Term Nursing Home Care after Hospitalization,” by Ellen O’Brien and Wendy Fox-Grage (October 2017, .pdf format, 21p.).
www.longtermscorecard.org/promising-practices/reducing-risk-nursing-home-care
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October 3, 2017
“Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, Adult Day Services Center Component: National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2013–2014: Weighted National Estimates and Standard Errors,” (October 2017, .pdf format, 29p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nsltcp/2014_NSLTCP_ADSC_Weighted_estimates.pdf
Comments Off on CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – October 3, 2017
“Long-Term Care in Latin America and the Caribbean? Theory and Policy Considerations,” by Martín Caruso Bloeck, Sebastian Galiani, and Pablo Ibarraran (Discussion Paper No. 11035, September 2017, .pdf format, 45p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
legacy.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=11035
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September 28, 2017
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September 22, 2017
“Long-Term Care in Latin America and the Caribbean? Theory and Policy Considerations,” by Martín Caruso Bloeck, Sebastian Galiani, and Pablo Ibarraran (IDB-WP-834, August 2017, .pdf format, 46p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
equity.bvsalud.org/2017/09/22/long-term-care-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-theory-and-policy-considerations/
Comments Off on CAAR – Inter-American Development Bank Working Paper – September 22, 2017
September 13, 2017
“Medicaid Managed Care: CMS Should Improve Oversight of Access and Quality in States’ Long-Term Services and Supports Programs,” (GAO-17-632, August 2017, .pdf format, 44p.).
www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-632
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September 12, 2017
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library. ”
A. “Access to Long-Term Care After a Wealth Shock: Evidence from the Housing Bubble and Burst,” by Joan Costa Font, Richard Frank, Katherine Swartz (w23781, September 2017, .pdf format, 34p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w23781
B. “The Impact of Partial-Year Enrollment on the Accuracy of Risk Adjustment Systems: A Framework and Evidence,” by Keith Marzilli Ericson, Kimberley Geissler, and Benjamin Lubin (w23765, September 2017, .pdf format, 42p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w23781
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September 7, 2017
“Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States—Residential care component: National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2013–2014: weighted national estimates and standard errors,” by M. Sengupta, J.P. Lendon, and L. Harris-Kojetin (August 2017, .pdf format, 21p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nsltcp/2014_NSLTCP_RCC_Weighted_Estimates.pdf
Comments Off on CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – September 7, 2017
“State of the States in Aging and Disability: 2017 Survey of State Agencies,” by Damon Terzaghi and Adam Mosey (August 2017, .pdf format, 96p.).
www.nasuad.org/hcbs/article/state-states-aging-and-disability-2017-survey-state-agencies
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August 21, 2017
“Policy Does Matter: Continued Progress in Providing Long-Term Services and Supports for Ohio’s Older Population,” by Shahla Mehdizadeh, Ian “Matt” Nelson, Robert Applebaum, and Jane K. Straker (August 2017, .pdf format, 43p.).
miamioh.edu/cas/academics/centers/scripps/research/publications/2017/08/Policy%20Does%20Matter.html
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August 3, 2017
European Journal of Public Health (Vol. 27, No. 4, August 2017).
academic.oup.com/eurpub/issue/27/4
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July 25, 2017
European Journal of Public Health (Vol. 27, No. 4, August 2017).
academic.oup.com/eurpub/issue/27/3
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July 11, 2017
“The state of adult social care services 2014 to 2017,” (July 2017, .pdf and Word format, 49p.).
www.cqc.org.uk/publications/major-report/state-adult-social-care-services-2014-2017
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June 26, 2017
“Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs: State Update,” (June 2017, .pdf format, 2p.).
www.chcs.org/resource/medicaid-managed-long-term-services-supports-programs-state-update/
Comments Off on CAAR – Center for Health Care Strategies Fact Sheet – June 26, 2017
June 22, 2017
“Medicaid and Federal Funding Caps: Implications for Access to Health Care and Long-Term Services and Supports among Vulnerable Americans,” by Benjamin W. Veghte and Alexandra L. Bradley (Issue Brief No. 13, June 2017, .pdf format, 15p.).
www.nasi.org/research/2017/medicaid-federal-funding-caps-implications-access-health
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June 14, 2017
“How Much Long-Term Care Do Adult Children Provide?” by Gal Wettstein and Alice Zulkarnain (IB No. 17-11, June 2017, .pdf format, 5p.).
crr.bc.edu/briefs/how-much-long-term-care-do-adult-children-provide/
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May 16, 2017
“Demonstrating the Value of Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs,” by Camille Dobson, Stephanie Gibbs, Adam Mosey, and Leah Smith (May 2017, .pdf format, 20p.).
www.chcs.org/resource/demonstrating-value-medicaid-managed-long-term-services-supports-programs/
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April 24, 2017
“Women and Long-Term Services and Supports,” by Ari Houser (April 2017, .pdf format, 2p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2017/women-and-long-term-services-and-supports.html
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