“Elderly should consider residential care before health crisis hits: study,” by Alicia Lasek, McKnight’s LTC News “Considering a move to a long-term care or senior living community can help elderly adults ensure that their needs are met when a health crisis hits, say gerontologists from the University of East Anglia, Britain. … In most cases, the elders were found to have had little input in the process. In addition, their family members and caregivers reported being traumatized by the events leading up to the move. In the end, some elders said that they were not happy with the decisions made
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“SCAN Survey Reveals Majority of Seniors Are Not Adequately Prepared to Age in Place,” SCAN Health Plan “SCAN Health Plan®, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage health plans, today announced results from its national survey on aging in place. Responses from 1,000 U.S. adults ages 65 and older indicate that 62% believe most seniors they know are unlikely to be able to safely age in place. … Seeing their peers unable to live life on their own terms, seniors are rethinking their own readiness to age in place. In assessing people they know, 67% of seniors cite changes to physical
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“How to Fix the Global Retirement Crisis,” by Reshma Kapadia, Barron’s “The idea of moving into a nursing home is abhorrent to most Americans, but many older Swedes have to lobby to get into one. Aging parents in the U.S. may remind their adult children to visit them, but China requires it by law. Visit playgrounds in Japan and you’ll find elder-friendly fitness equipment instead of monkey bars and slides. We are at the beginning of a global aging boom—and countries all over the world are facing the same challenges. Some are coming up with creative ways to address the
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“10 Things to Know about Medicaid Managed Care,” by Elizabeth Hinton, Robin Rudowitz, Maria Diaz, and Natalie Singer, Kaiser Family Foundation” “Medicaid is the nation’s largest public health coverage program, though many Medicaid beneficiaries now receive their care through privately-held managed care companies. This brief describes key themes related to the use of comprehensive, risk-based managed care in the Medicaid program and highlights data and trends related to MCO enrollment, service carve-ins, spending, MCO parent firms, and state and plan activity related to quality, value-based payments, and the social determinants of health.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center
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