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Quality measures: Participant preferences and satisfaction should be used as key quality measures.
Long-term services and supports (LTSS) encompass a broad range of assistance. They are needed by people of all ages who cannot function independently due to physical or mental impairments.
These principles reflect AARP’s vision for reforming the financing and delivery of long-term services and supports (LTSS) to promote consumer independence, choice, dignity, autonomy, and privacy.
U.S. House members and state representatives are elected by district. Those districts are updated each decade after the census in a process known as redistricting.
States should create a transparent and nonpartisan redistricting process. This process should be led by independent and diverse commissions that include representatives of groups.
The high cost of long-term services and supports (LTSS) causes many older adults to fear impoverishment, becoming a burden to their families, or both.
In 2020, 38.9 million adults provided unpaid care to an adult family member or friend with health or functional needs.
Federal and state governments should ensure that long-term services and supports (LTSS) programs cover services that support and supplement caregiving by relatives, friends, and neighbors.