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Canada’s New Long-Term Care Standards- Accountability & Risk Management on a Mission

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

This was in the 80s, before Long-Term Care (LTC) Standards were anywhere near what they are now. It was common then, and I’m afraid still today, to hear seniors swear they would never “go into a nursing home, because that’s where people go to die.” Topping the list of answers to the question, “How did we get here?”

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Pennsylvania Home Care Recipients Advocate for Better Access to Home Care

Hearts for Home Care

As Baby Boomers continue to age and the population of older adults needing long-term care increases, the need for caregivers will continue to increase as well. This is due in large part to low state funding for Medicaid programs like Pennsylvania’s Personal Assistance Services (PAS) that cares for medically fragile individuals.