ACCESSING LONG-TERM CARE DATA
In California and across the nation, far too many professionals struggle with finding accurate data and information regarding long-term care.
To combat this problem, Legacy Health Endowment engaged a team of professionals at California Health Policy Strategies to provide Legacy Health Endowment with a definitive report – everything you need to know about Long-term Care.
As the rural California Central Valley struggles with finding community-based long-term care services to assist both Medi-Cal and non-Medi-Cal eligible people over 55, understanding the basic challenges facing the middle class is extremely important.
America and rural Californians share many things, one, in particular, is the fact that we are a rapidly aging society. Long-term care represents a huge gaping hole in the country’s safety net. And, as it applies to the middle class the hole widens even more.
“The data report helps everyone better understand the challenges we face as a nation, state, and rural communities, said Jeffrey Lewis President and CEO of Legacy Health Endowment. And, it underscores the serious economic, healthcare and mental health challenges facing the forgotten middle, elderly Americans who do not qualify for Medicaid.”
As you read through the data report, you will quickly realize that our long-term care system is patched together and leans heavily on Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) and the heroic and often unrecognized work of unpaid family caregivers.
California’s long-term care system is fragile, and for the middle class that is aging in place, it is teetering on the verge of collapse. Without a long-term care infrastructure, most Americans face high costs, undue burdens, and threats to their well-being in older adulthood.
