Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1 Overview
  • PART ONE
  • Chronic and Long-Term Care: What Are the Needs?
  • 2 Long-Term-Care Needs of Elders and Persons with Disability
  • 3 Reality of Caring for the Long- Term- Care Population
  • 4 Planning for and Financing Long- Term Care
  • Commentary on Part One
  • PART TWO
  • Care for the Elderly and Disabled under the American Social Contract
  • 5 Evolution of the American Social Contract for Care
  • 6 Medicare Coverage for Chronic Conditions: The HIV- AIDS Example
  • Commentary on Part Two.
  • PART THREE
  • Prospects for Long-Term-Care Policymaking at State and Federal Levels
  • 7 Perspective on the Politics of Long- Term Care
  • 8 The View from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
  • 9 The Role of States in Long- Term- Care Reform
  • 10 Long-Term-Care Policy in the New Reality
  • Commentary on Part Three
  • PART FOUR
  • Building on Experience: What Have We Learned about Meeting Needs for Chronic and Long- Term Care?
  • 11 Ensuring Quality in Long- Term- Care Settings.
  • 12 Importance of Interdisciplinary Teams to Support Self- Care: The Example of Kaiser Permanente
  • 13 Chronic- Care Initiatives: What We Have Learned and Implications for the Medicare Program
  • Commentary on Part Four
  • PART FIVE
  • Visions for the Future: How Might We Meet Tomorrow's Needs for Chronic and Long- Term Care?
  • 14 Private Long-Term-Care Solutions: The Government as Employer
  • 15 The Life Care Annuity: A Better Approach to Financing Long-Term Care and Retirement Income
  • 16 Long-Term Care for the Elderly: Lessons from Abroad
  • 17 Caring Communities: What Would It Take?
  • 18 Meeting Tomorrow's Need for Chronic and Long- Term Care
  • Commentary on Part Five
  • Epilogue
  • 19 National Policymakers on Long- Term- Care Policy
  • Contributors
  • Conference Program
  • Index.