Alberta's plan to move to a patient-based funding model for senior care is alarming some
health care and advocacy groups, who fear the province is planning to increase privatization …

Dr. Steven Schroeder: It's been fun over the last year to watch the anticipation generated by
prospective payment. The literature included many comments on how it was not going to …

Home care for seniors in Alberta has been receiving growing public attention. There are
many publicly funded longterm care facilities where clients can reside full-time and receive …

Escalating costs of health care, especially health care for the elderly, are a continuing
concern for policymakers. In 1997, the government (federal, state, and local) spent $507 …

BACKGROUND Long-term care spending for older adults will reach a projected $135 billion
in 2004 (Congressional Budget Office, 2004). Medicaid is the largest payer, accounting for …

Since the 1990s, dramatic changes to Alberta's long term care sector have unfolded with
little media notice. Confusing jargon, mixed messages, lack of data, and widespread …

The way in which we pay for long-term care (LTC) services is going to come under
enormous pressure as Canada's baby boomers age. Once baby boomers start to turn 75, in …

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law on March 23, 2010,
created landmark opportunities to transform our nation's health care delivery system …

" We are never going to build another nursing home," said Patrick Flood, Commissioner of
Vermont's Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living (DAIL) in 2006," It is an …

In testimony before the US Senate Special Committee on Aging Feder speaks about a path
forward for long-term services and supports. She establishes that there is much work to be …