The Demand of Long Term Care
Here is a great excerpt from, “Long Term Care: Definition, Demand, Cost, and Financing” by Nelda McCall
“Estimating demand for long term care needs is complicated because it involves consideration of the prevalence of medical diagnoses and of limitations in functional abilities. Individuals need long term care when trauma or a chronic condition limits their ability to perform independently those personal activities necessary to daily living. One common way of measuring the level of disability is by assessing an individual’s ability to perform specifically defined ADLs and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). ADL measures include such tasks as eating, dressing,[…]