Disability Support & Long Term Care Services

Disability and long-term care refers to institutional and community-based care that support individuals with activities of daily living and services related to age or disability. Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the changes and challenges affecting the disability support and long-term care market markets—the move to managed care and subsequently value-based care, the shift to home- and community-based care, the increase in the aging population, and new workforce challenges.

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• Dementia Diagnosis Strongly Associated With Initial Use Of Nursing Home Care Among Dually Eligible Older Adults
• Long-Term Care Wages Increase 3.2% Over 12 Months Ending December 2025
• Potentially Inappropriate CNS-Active Prescribing In Older Adults Declines From 19.9% To 16.2%
• ‘What Will Happen When I’m Gone?’: Parents Of People With Disabilities Push To Expand Services
• 18 States Urge CMS To Reinstate Targeted Nursing Home Staffing Mandate For Certain For-Profit Operators
• Nevada Reissues RFP For Specialty Managed Care Plan For Children With Complex Behavioral Health Needs
• Older Adults Whose Loneliness Exceeds Their Social Isolation Have 13% Higher Mortality Risk & 16% Higher Heart Disease Risk
• Elara Caring Secures Strategic Investment From Ares Private Equity Group and DaVita To Develop Kidney-Specific Home Care
• Collaborative Dementia Care More Cost-Effective Than Treatment Only With Lecanemab
• RE: CMS-3442-IFC, Repeal Of Minimum Staffing Standards For Long-Term Care Facilities
• Michigan Rescinds Medicaid Behavioral Health Restructuring RFP Following Court Ruling
• FDA Approves Roche’s Alzheimer’s Disease Blood Test For Use In Primary Care
• Ruling On Region 10 PIHP et al, v. Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services
• Idaho Medicaid Implements Limits On Occupational, Physical & Speech Therapy Sessions
• Idaho Department Of Health & Welfare Medicaid Information Release MA26-05

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Older LTSS Recipient Use Of Telehealth Differs Depending On Residence Type

The use of telehealth reported by older adults using long-term services and supports (LTSS) varies with their type of housing. Among those living in the community, 39% reported telehealth use. Among those in residential settings, such as assisted living, 34% reported telehealth use. Among nursing home residents, 20% reported using telehealth. The analysis was based on data from the 2021-2022 National Core Indicators-Aging and Disabilities Adult Consumer Survey for LTSS users aged 65 years and… Read

• Senate Amendments To The Consolidated Appropriations Act Of 2026
• Government Funding Bill Extends Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities & Hospital At-Home
• Wider Circle Partners With CalOptima Health To Support Dual-Eligible Members In California
• Fewer Than 25% Of Home Care Provider Organizations Are Investing In AI
• Nine States Sue HHS Over May 2024 Section 504 Rule

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