OWL Releases Report on Future of Long-Term Care OWL - the Voice of Women 40+ dedicated its annual Mother’s Day Report to a study of long-term care. OWL declares that “In 2014, long-term care continues to be one of the biggest risks Americans face to their financial solvency, independence and quality of life.” The report highlights the fragmented systems of long-term care in the United States and contrasts the American approaches to financing care to those used by other nations. Many countries, like Japan, have a larger aging population proportionately than the U.S., yet they have financed long-term services and supports (LTSS) using social insurance; in the U.S., Social Security and Medicare are examples of social insurance, but that system is not used for long-term care. OWL held a well-attended briefing on Capitol Hill to announce and release their report. Consumer Voice Executive Director, Richard Gelula, MSW, spoke at the briefing. You can read his remarks here: theconsumervoice.org/sites/default/files/nccnhr/OWL%20Talk%202.pdf And the OWL report here: owl-national.org/Mothers_Day_Reports_files/MothersDayReport2014.pdf
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 13:01:16 +0000
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