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2. Long-term care - Wikipedia

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   Long-term care. Long-term care (LTC) is a variety of services which help meet both the medical and non-medical needs of people with a chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves for long periods. Long-term care is focused on individualized and coordinated services that promote independence, maximize patients' quality of life ...

3. Long-term acute care facility - Wikipedia

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   Long-term acute care facility. A long-term acute care hospital (LTACH), also known as a long-term care hospital (LTCH), is a hospital specializing in treating patients requiring extended hospitalization. Hospitals specializing in long-term care have existed for decades in the form of sanatoriums for patients with tuberculosis and other chronic ...

4. Nursing home - Wikipedia

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   A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of older people, senior citizens, or disabled people. [1] Nursing homes may also be referred to as care homes, skilled nursing facilities (SNF) or long-term care facilities. Often, these terms have slightly different meanings to indicate whether the institutions are public or private, and ...

5. How Do I Know If a Long-Term Care Facility or Nursing ... - AOL

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   Long-term care, per the National Institute on Aging, “involves a variety of services designed to meet a person’s health or personal care needs during a short or long period of time.” When a ...

6. Change in long-term care: Nursing homes across U.S. closing - AOL

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   The establishment of 'long-term care' is ever-changing. Wagner said as baby boomers begin to age, their wants for end-of-life care evolve. "When I first started working in long-term care, you saw ...

7. Nursing home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 2012 the American Association of Retired Persons, in its profiles on long term services and supports in the states, indicated that $5,495 per person is available for home health services, $11,142 for personal care services, $10,710 for aging waiver. The average for nursing facilities is $29,533 per person. [44]