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Nursing facilities provide long-term services and supports (LTSS), as well as short-term rehabilitation and postacute care following hospitalizations to people of all ages. Although younger p

Residential care settings is an umbrella term that refers to many types of certified and licensed housing plus services options.

Two government budget practices that can have significant implications for lower levels of government are block grants and unfunded mandates.

Ensuring the quality of services for home careA range of services provided in the home, includin

In 2019, an estimated 51.5 million adults age 18 and older in the U.S. had a mental illness. That is 20.6 percent of all adults.

The care provided in long-term services and supports (LTSS) settings is only as good as the personnel who provide it.

In addition to setting standards with respect to the minimum wage, overtime, and other factors affecting worker pay, the federal government also sets standards for workplace healt

In 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Olmstead vs. L.C.

Devote adequate resources—the nation should devote sufficient resources to ensure access to benefits and adequate benefit levels for all who qu

Medicaid is the single largest public funding source for long-term services and supports (LTSS). It is a combined federal-state program.