“Homebound Seniors Living Alone Often Slip Through Health System’s Cracks,” by Judith Graham, KFF Health News

“Across the country, about 2 million adults 65 and older are completely or mostly homebound, while an additional 5.5 million seniors can get out only with significant difficulty or assistance. This is almost surely an undercount, since the data is from more than a dozen years ago. It’s a population whose numbers far exceed those living in nursing homes — about 1.2 million — and yet it receives much less attention from policymakers, legislators, and academics who study aging.”

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

This is what our centrally planned government funded and regulated LTC system has delivered. It’s high time to consider a more market-based approach. To make sense of what ails LTC, read the Paragon Health Institute’s “Long-Term Care: The Problem” and “Long-Term Care: The Solution” and watch this “virtual LTC event” featuring age wave visionary Ken Dychtwald and leading LTC researchers. To find vast private funds for LTC, check out

Medicaid’s $100+ Billion Leak.