Tag: Long-Term Care

Long-term care industry facing changes as pandemic pushes more families toward home care

  • Consumers are shifting away from nursing homes, according to a new study

After more than a year battling the deadly coronavirus pandemic, long-term care facilities may be seeing a change in the industry as consumers shift away from nursing homes and assisted living facilities, according to a new study published by an industry research group.

Widespread distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine has reduced the spread of the virus in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, with infection rates dropping sharply. But the legacy of the virus — which to date has killed more than 182,000 long-term care residents and staff nationwide — may be fundamental changes to the business of long-term care.

Research by The Associated Press National Opinion Research Center shows that, more than a year into the pandemic, 88% of Americans say they would rather care for elderly relatives in their own home instead of moving them into a facility.

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Poll: Americans Want Help to Age in Place

Overwhelmingly, Americans want to age in place in their own homes and communities, but want help to do so, citing assistance from Medicare as a key priority, according to a big new survey from the AP-NORC Center and The SCAN Foundation. The findings are consistent with polls done by these groups since 2013. The “vast majority…

Hospice Care in Nursing Facilities During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

In the Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations guidance from the Quality, Safety, & Oversight (QSO) division of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), it is expected that hospice staff be included in the Long Term Care (LTC) COVID testing program. NAHC has heard from many hospices regarding questions, issues, and barriers to testing and…

CMS Releases Safeguards for Medicare Patients in Hospice Care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted a MLN Hospice Fact Sheet, Safeguards for Medicare Patients in Hospice Care, in response to two reports on hospice care by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG). (See previous coverage of these reports here and here.) The fact sheet…

Poll: Long-Term Care a Concern for the Young and Hispanics

Many young Americans are already providing care to an older loved one, but they feel unprepared for the task, while Hispanics, in particular, worry about finding home health care they can afford and an aide who speaks their language. That’s according to The Long-Term Care Poll, an annual survey from the AP-NORC Center, a collaboration…

Improvements Needed in VA Long-Term Care, Congress Told

On Monday, July 30th, the Health Subcommittee of the House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee held a field hearing, VA Long-term Care: What’s Working, What’s Not, and How to Best Serve Our Aging Veteran, in Camarillo, California. Led by Committee Chairman Neal Dunn (R-FL) and Ranking Member Julia Brownley (D-CA), the hearing focused on the…