Author: John V. Lambert
Publisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781594540158
Category : Community health services
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Demographic challenges posed by the growing elderly population and demands for greater public commitment to home and community-based care for persons with disabilities have drawn the attention of federal and state policymakers. Spending on long-term care by both the public and private sectors is significant. In 2001, spending for long-term care services for persons of all ages represented 12.2% of all personal health care spending (almost $152 billion of $1.24 trillion). Federal and state governments accounted for almost two-thirds of all spending. By far, the primary payer for long-term care is the federal-state Medicaid program, which paid for almost half of all long-term care spending in 2001. Maine is one of the smallest states in the country with 13 million people in 2000; it is also one of the oldest states, with 14.4% of its population aged 65 and older. By 2025, over one-fifth of its population will be 65 and older. Medicaid spending for long-term care in Maine in FY2001 was $411 million -- almost one-third of all Medicaid spending. In part due to the aging population and because of a 1993 budgetary crisis involving rapidly escalating Medicaid nursing home costs, Maine has pursued an aggressive policy to decrease dependence on nursing homes. Between 1995 and 2001, the percentage of public long-term care funding devoted to these facilities decreased from 84% to 61%. Moreover, the state has decreased reliance on large state-operated residential facilities for persons with mental retardation in favor of smaller community-based facilities. Maine's efforts to reduce reliance on institutional care has been in part due to expanded use of Medicaid's home and community-based waiver program as well as multiple state-funded programs. PARTIAL
Long Term Care in Maine
Portland, Maine
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Long-Term Care
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Category : Nursing homes
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Nursing homes
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Conditions and Problems in the Nation's Nursing Homes: Portland, Maine, August 13, 1965
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Long-Term Care
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Category : Nursing homes
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Publisher:
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Category : Nursing homes
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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1996 State Data Book on Long Term Care Program and Market Characteristics
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Category : Long-term care facilities
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Category : Long-term care facilities
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Home Health Care in Maine
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Category : Health services administration
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Category : Health services administration
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Problems of Maine's Rural Elderly
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care
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Category : Aged
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Publisher:
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Category : Aged
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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The State of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Long-term Care Program Present and Future
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Long-term Care and the Older Americans Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care
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Category : Long-term care of the sick
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Category : Long-term care of the sick
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Building Long-term Care Systems
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Aging
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Category : Aged
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Category : Aged
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Long-term Care and Medicaid
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health
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Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Publisher:
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Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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