Long-term care and medicare policy : can we improve the continuity of care? /
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 Overview
- PART ONE
- Chronic and Long-Term Care: What Are the Needs?
- 2 Long-Term-Care Needs of Elders and Persons with Disability
- 3 Reality of Caring for the Long- Term- Care Population
- 4 Planning for and Financing Long- Term Care
- Commentary on Part One
- PART TWO
- Care for the Elderly and Disabled under the American Social Contract
- 5 Evolution of the American Social Contract for Care
- 6 Medicare Coverage for Chronic Conditions: The HIV- AIDS Example
- Commentary on Part Two.
- PART THREE
- Prospects for Long-Term-Care Policymaking at State and Federal Levels
- 7 Perspective on the Politics of Long- Term Care
- 8 The View from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
- 9 The Role of States in Long- Term- Care Reform
- 10 Long-Term-Care Policy in the New Reality
- Commentary on Part Three
- PART FOUR
- Building on Experience: What Have We Learned about Meeting Needs for Chronic and Long- Term Care?
- 11 Ensuring Quality in Long- Term- Care Settings.
- 12 Importance of Interdisciplinary Teams to Support Self- Care: The Example of Kaiser Permanente
- 13 Chronic- Care Initiatives: What We Have Learned and Implications for the Medicare Program
- Commentary on Part Four
- PART FIVE
- Visions for the Future: How Might We Meet Tomorrow's Needs for Chronic and Long- Term Care?
- 14 Private Long-Term-Care Solutions: The Government as Employer
- 15 The Life Care Annuity: A Better Approach to Financing Long-Term Care and Retirement Income
- 16 Long-Term Care for the Elderly: Lessons from Abroad
- 17 Caring Communities: What Would It Take?
- 18 Meeting Tomorrow's Need for Chronic and Long- Term Care
- Commentary on Part Five
- Epilogue
- 19 National Policymakers on Long- Term- Care Policy
- Contributors
- Conference Program
- Index.