“Federal Panel Puts Off Dementia Financial Burden Battle,” by Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor

Quote:

“A team that’s part of what was supposed to be an ambitious effort to fight Alzheimer’s disease, and other forms of dementia, has put off making any major proposals related to paying for long-term care services. The team, the National Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care and Services, is simply recommending that the United States try to get more information about the impact of dementia-related costs on people with dementia and their caregivers. The country should ‘develop information about the impact’ and “identify approaches to address negative effects,” the council suggests, in a presentation given last week in Bethesda, Maryland, at the Research Summit on Dementia Care.”

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

Yet another example of intellectual dodge-ball when it comes to financing long-term care.

Federal Panel Puts Off Dementia Financial Burden Battle

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