72% Of Adults Using Medicaid & Other Publicly Funded LTSS Said The Services Met Their Needs

Across 16 states that collected data from older adults and adults with physical disabilities using publicly funded long-term services and supports (LTSS), 72% said that their services and supports met their needs and goals. Medicaid pays for about half of all publicly funded LTSS; other funding is through the Older Americans Act or state general funds. According to background information in the report, about 68% of consumers surveyed by the states had a diagnosis of physical disability, 18% had a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or dementia, 11% had a diagnosis of traumatic brain injury, 8% had a diagnosis . . .