Long-term Care and Aging Services
Long-term care and aging services help people who need ongoing support because of age, illness, or disability. The support ranges from help at home to residential care to comfort near the end of life. Families, private insurers, Medicare, Medicaid, and state and local agencies all take part in providing and paying for it, and the cost is a common worry for households.
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Topics in Long-term Care and Aging Services
Where care happens
Home Healthcare covers care delivered in a person's own home, Nursing Homes and Assisted Living covers residential settings, and Hospice and Palliative Care covers comfort-focused care for serious illness.
Paying for care
Financing Long-term Care covers the ways families, insurers, and public programs pay for this kind of support.
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